2003 Ford Cvpi defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2003 Ford Cvpi. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FRACTURE OF THE STEEL WHEEL RIM
  Engineering Analysis EA04034 · opened Dec 21, 2004 · closed Mar 8, 2007 · led to recall 07V079000

  Fracture (cracking) of the subject vehicle (sv) wheel, which was previously investigated under preliminary evaluation pe03-009 (safety recall 03v-279), occurs in the model year (my) 2003 to 2005 police interceptor vehicles only; civilian specification and other my vehicles are unaffected by this condition.for the affec…

• FRACTURE OF THE STEEL WHEEL RIM
  Recall Query RQ04007 · opened Aug 2, 2004 · closed Dec 20, 2004

  During a september 23, 2004 meeting and in subsequent discussions in november, ford advised the office of defects investigation (odi) of their plans to introduce an improved steel wheel for manufacturing and service component use on the subject vehicles, indicating this would occur in december 2004.the new wheel design…