has anybody ever had this recall?

[Crankcase]

They did the bracket/pop rivet thing to my Dads 94. The way to test if it is bad is to lift it all the way up, and then lift it a bit more by hand. If the brackets flex too much, get down to a dealer pronto.

 

[94Murph]

Mine broke last summer on a 94 EB. Took it to the dealer said nothing could be done unless I wanted a new tailgate for $1400. Got the recall in the mail one week later and the dealer replaced the whole tailgate. I know they did because I had a big dent in the old one and some chrome pinstripe on it. They told me because the chrome wasnt factory they would not replace the pinstripe. That was fine by me.
Marty

 

[Rscotts1]

rear liftgate strut assembly recall

Hmmm...thats funny! I thought my 2002 XLS was the only year to have this recall on the gas lift strut brackets. About a month after getting my X, went to load groceries....opened the rear glass lift gate and a gas trut came flying out at me, wacked the hell out of the glass!!! Turns out that the mounting bracket that the upper strut attaches to is loose (worked it's way loose) and allows the top of the strut to uncompress (very quickly and with alot of force) when you open liftgate. Read up on TSB's and found out about the recall. I was never notified by Ford. It became a recall, because the rear glass was exploding on other 2002's as the strut flew out and hit the glass!! Fixed now......but boy.......!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jimEMT]

I had the recall work done, so I thought, in March of 2000. There were supports added to the lower supports (lower struts to the car), but not to the uppewr struts (Strut to the liftgate). Lo and behold, the weld snapped on my liftgate a month ago, and I am fighting with the dealer to do the repair. Just to confirm, the recall is also for the upper (liftgate) welds, not just the lower ones? I am getting a runaround from the dealer and it is annoying the heck out of me.