F 150 2WD Pickup V8-4.6L VIN W (2006)
STOCK VEHICLES
Correct all affected vehicles in your new vehicle inventory before delivery.
SOLD VEHICLES
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Continental Tire North America will notify owners of affected vehicles via mail and direct them to Ford dealers for repair.
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Immediately contact any of your affected owners whose vehicles are not on your VIN lists but are identified in OASIS and schedule a service date.
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Correct other affected vehicles identified in OASIS which are brought to your dealership.
TIRE REPLACEMENT GUIDELINES
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Tires identified with suspect DOT codes must be replaced regardless of condition mileage or the remaining tread on the tire.
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Ford Motor Company will only pay claims for replacement tires ordered through Ford Tire Program Headquarters and only for tires listed in
Attachment II under the Approved Replacement Tire List.
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Switching to other brands or tire sizes is NOT allowed.
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If only one tire on a vehicle requires replacement and the vehicle has accumulated over 10,000 miles dealers may replace the opposing tire on the
same axle. However if one (1) front and one (1) rear tire require replacement dealers should only replace two tires (install them on the same axle).
Note:
If a "Non-suspect" tire is replaced per the direction listed above the following statement must be entered into the technician comments section of the
repair order: "Non-suspect tire replaced per guidelines".
NON-AFFECTED FORD VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SUSPECT TIRES
OASIS identifies affected vehicles based on assembly plant build records. If tires from an affected vehicle were swapped with tires from another vehicle
at the dealership it is possible that a non-affected vehicle could end up with suspect tires. If a vehicle is equipped with one or more suspect tires yet
OASIS does not indicate that 05B34 is open for that VIN please contact the Special Service Support Center.
RETAIL SALES OF SUSPECT TIRES
Customer Satisfaction Program 05B34 addresses tires installed as original equipment all other tires (including those sold in the retail market) will be
handled directly through Continental Tire North America (CTNA).
CTNA asks that dealers research their sales records to identify customers who may have purchased suspect tires. If you identify customer(s) call CTNA's
Customer Relations toll-free at 1-800-847-3349 with the following information:
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Consumer name address and phone number.
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Quantity of tires sold to that consumer.
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Tire type size and DOT serial number.
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Date of tire sale.
CTNA will then direct customers back to the selling tire dealer for inspection and (if needed) replacement of suspect tires. CTNA will handle these
repairs outside of this program.
RELATED DAMAGE
This is a Continental Tire compliance recall. Ford has assigned a "B" program number merely for administrative purposes. Because vehicle damage
resulting from a tire failure is not reimbursable by Ford Motor Company customers seeking reimbursement for these damages should be referred to
Continental Tire North America Customer Relations at 1-800-847-3349.
Exception: Dealers are to use the related damage flag to process post-repair wheel nut retightening labor operations. Prior approval is not required for
these labor operations. These labor operations can only be claimed one time and not on the same repair order as tire replacement. See "Special
Instruction for Post-Repair Retightening Procedure" in Attachment II for details.
TITLE BRANDED / SALVAGED VEHICLES
