{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1977013 (Mercury and 1 more), 1968 to 1969",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1977013/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1977013, MERCURY, FORD COUGAR, MUSTANG, 1977-04-16. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH BUCKET SEATS. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK INBOARD PIVOT PIN.",
  "excerpt": "Mercury Cougar, Mustang. Published by Transport Canada as 1977013 on 16 April 1977. System: Not Entered. What the notice says Vehicles equipped with bucket seats. the driver's seat back inboard pivot pin bracket could break without warning and allow the driver and seat back to fall backward. this could cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH BUCKET SEATS. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK INBOARD PIVOT PIN BRACKET COULD BREAK WITHOUT WARNING AND ALLOW THE DRIVER AND SEAT BACK TO FALL BACKWARD. THIS COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published. The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1977013 . The Canadian register on this site Mercury is named on 243 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time. 1977004 · 7 April 1977 · Maverick, Comet · Not Entered 1977024 · 22 June 1977 · Tor",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:30:22+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:30:22+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1977013 (Mercury and 1 more), 1968 to 1969\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1977013/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}