Ford F700 1998

• Recall 14064 [USA]: This condition can cause the nut to rotate freely and lose torque. it could rotate until it is no longer connected to the front spindle and allow the front wheel to separate from the vehicle.
  Vehicle description: medium duty trucks and chassis-cabs. An automatic locking front wheel bearing adjusting nut was damaged during installation or removal by incorrect tools or an incorrect torque specification was used.
  dealers will replace the front wheel bearing adjusting nuts with castle nuts and cotter pins.
  owner notification is expected to begin april 15, 1998.Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

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• Recall 12701 [USA]: The domestic special order (dso) park brake may not engage when the shift lever is placed in the park position, or in the vehicle moving in an unintended direction when the accelerator is pressed. in some vehicles the dso parking brake mechanism also may not be properly adjusted, which can result in the park brake not engaging when the shift lever is placed in the park position, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
  Vehicle description: medium duty trucks and school bus chassis-cowls equipped with automatic transmissions. The welds that attach the key to the top of the steering column mounted automatic transmission shift linkage may not adequately retain the key, allowing the transmission to be in a gear other than that indicated on the "prndl", or in some cases, "rndl."
  dealers will replace the steering column shift tube and, if so equipped, to have the dso park brake linkage adjusted.
  owner notification:owner notification is expected to begin june 16, 1997. Note:owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

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• Recall 1998045 [Canada]: Suspension
  Automatic front wheel bearing adjusting nuts may be susceptible to damage during installation or removal due to incorrect tools or incorrect torque. Also, some of the nuts may have been damaged during vehicle assembly. This can result in the nut having the potential to rotate freely and loose torque. In turn this condition could result in front wheel separation. Correction: front wheel bearing adjusting nuts will be replaced with castle nuts and cotter pins.

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