Failure transmission park engagement/loc

An NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation into Ford vehicles. Closed 16 September 1997.

Investigation
PE97019
Type
Preliminary Evaluation
Opened
6 May 1997
Closed
16 September 1997

What NHTSA investigated

By letter dated september 4, 1997, the manufacturer advised NHTSA that a safety-related recall action would be initiated to correct a potential failure of the transmission shift cable in approximately 15,000 of the subject vehicles.the suspect cables were supplied to ford by teleflex automotive and installed in the subject F-150 trucks built at ford's norforlk and kansas city assembly plants between february 16, 1996 and march 4, 1996.A copy of the ford's letter to NHTSA regarding this recall action is attached.based on the pending safety recall (97V-147), this preliminary evaluation has been closed.

Recalls that followed

  1. Ford — Power Train: Gear Position Indication (prndl)97V1710007 October 1997866,000 vehicles
  2. Ford — Power Train: Automatic Transmission97V1470009 September 199715,500 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
FordF-1501997

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.