{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"2001002","date":"2001-01-12","owner_notified":null,"manufacturer":null,"component":"Structure","summary":"Certain Explorer Sport, Explorer Sport Trac, Rander Edge and Ranger XLT vehicles may have a wire formed hood striker that may be susceptible to fatigue fractures.  If the hood striker fractures, the hood may fly open while the vehicle is being driven.  A hood fly-up while the vehicle is being operated may result in resuced driver visibility and, potentially, a vehicle crash.  Correction:  Hood striker will be replaced with a revised hood striker.","consequence":null,"remedy":null,"notes":null,"mfr_campaign":"00S45","part_number":null,"units":8497,"completion":null,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","french":{"component":"Structure","notification":"Sécurité - fabricant","summary":"Sur certains Explorer Sport, Explorer Sport Trac, Rander Edge et Ranger XLT, le fil métallique qui constitue le pêne de fermeture du capot de ces véhicules peut se briser par fatigue. Si le pêne venait à briser, il se peut alors que le capot s'ouvre alors que le véhicule est en marche, ce qui pourrait obstruer la visibilité du conducteur et provoquer un accident. Correction : Le pêne de fermeture du capot devra être remplacé par une pièce plus solide."},"vehicles":[{"year":2000,"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","vehicle_id":"2000_ford_explorer","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2001,"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","vehicle_id":"2001_ford_explorer","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2000,"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER SPORT TRAC","vehicle_id":"2000_ford_explorer","match":"base","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2001,"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER SPORT TRAC","vehicle_id":"2001_ford_explorer-sport-trac","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":2001,"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","vehicle_id":"2001_ford_ranger","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null}],"may_apply":true,"as_of":"2026-10-19","lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":["Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/2001002"}