{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1977188 (Ford and 1 more), 1976",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1977188/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1977188, FORD, MERCURY PINTO, BOBCAT, 1978-03-20. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.3 LITRE ENGINES. SOME VEHICLES HAVE FAILED THE 30 M.P.H.",
  "excerpt": "Ford Pinto, Bobcat. Published by Transport Canada as 1977188 on 20 March 1978. System: Not Entered. What the notice says Vehicles equipped with 2.3 litre engines. some vehicles have failed the 30 m.p.h. frontal barrier impact test specified by safety standard 301 - fuel system integrity and could experience fuel leakage from the fuel line to fuel pump connection that would be in excess of the amount permitted by the standard. 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 2.3 LITRE ENGINES. SOME VEHICLES HAVE FAILED THE 30 M.P.H. FRONTAL BARRIER IMPACT TEST SPECIFIED BY SAFETY STANDARD 301 - FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY AND COULD EXPERIENCE FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE FUEL LINE TO FUEL PUMP CONNECTION THAT WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT PERMITTED BY THE STANDARD. 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 1977188 . The Canadian register on this site Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T15:17:52+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T15:17:52+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1977188 (Ford and 1 more), 1976\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1977188/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}