{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1978057 (Ford and 1 more), 1971 to 1976",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1978057/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1978057, FORD, MERCURY PINTO, BOBCAT, 1978-07-07. 2 DOOR SEDANS AND 3 DOOR TYPE VEHICLES. NO STATION WAGONS ARE INVOLVED. DEALERS.",
  "excerpt": "Ford Pinto, Bobcat. Published by Transport Canada as 1978057 on 7 July 1978. System: Not Entered. What the notice says 2 door sedans and 3 door type vehicles. no station wagons are involved. dealers will replace the original fuel filler pipe and seal and will install a high density polyethylene plastic shield across the front of the fuel tank to increase the resistance of the fuel system to fuel leakage as a result of rear-end … 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. 2 DOOR SEDANS AND 3 DOOR TYPE VEHICLES. NO STATION WAGONS ARE INVOLVED. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ORIGINAL FUEL FILLER PIPE AND SEAL AND WILL INSTALL A HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PLASTIC SHIELD ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK TO INCREASE THE RESISTANCE OF THE FUEL SYSTEM TO FUEL LEAKAGE AS A RESULT OF REAR-END COLLISIONS. 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 1978057 . The Canadian register on this site Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:37:34+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:37:34+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1978057 (Ford and 1 more), 1971 to 1976\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1978057/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}