{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1979084 (Mercury and 1 more), 1979",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979084/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1979084, MERCURY, FORD MARQUIS, CUSTOM 500, 1979-05-11. VEHICLES EQUIPPED FOR POLICE SERVICE. SOME VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH FRAMES.",
  "excerpt": "Mercury Marquis, Custom 500. Published by Transport Canada as 1979084 on 11 May 1979. System: Not Entered. What the notice says Vehicles equipped for police service. some vehicles were produced with frames that may have inadequately welded no. 2 crossmember assemblies. cracks could initiate at missing welds and propogate to one of the welded-on front suspension lower arm attaching gussets. the cracking may extend around the gusset allowing … 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 FOR POLICE SERVICE. SOME VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH FRAMES THAT MAY HAVE INADEQUATELY WELDED NO. 2 CROSSMEMBER ASSEMBLIES. CRACKS COULD INITIATE AT MISSING WELDS AND PROPOGATE TO ONE OF THE WELDED-ON FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER ARM ATTACHING GUSSETS. THE CRACKING MAY EXTEND AROUND THE GUSSET ALLOWING THE GUSSET AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER ARM TO DISENGAGE FROM THE FRAME. THIS CONDITION WOULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. 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,",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T15:13:03+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T15:13:03+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1979084 (Mercury and 1 more), 1979\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979084/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}