{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1979207 (Ford and 2 more), 1969 to 1973: Steering",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979207/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1979207, FORD, MERCURY, LINCOLN GALAXIE 500, MONTEREY, MARQUIS, CUSTOM 500, LTD, 1979-12-14. On certain vehicles, the steering idler.",
  "excerpt": "Ford Galaxie 500, Monterey, Marquis, Custom 500, Ltd, Continental. Published by Transport Canada as 1979207 on 14 December 1979. System: Steering. What the notice says On certain vehicles, the steering idler arm bushing could develop a stiffening condition which could result in the idler arm bracket separating from the vehicle frame. This condition would cause hard or stiff steering, steering noise or poor steering return. 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. On certain vehicles, the steering idler arm bushing could develop a stiffening condition which could result in the idler arm bracket separating from the vehicle frame. This condition would cause hard or stiff steering, steering noise or poor steering return. 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 1979207 . The Canadian register on this site Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time. 1979202 · 4 December 1979 · L Series · Suspension 1979135 · 7 August 1979 · Club Wagon, F-150, F-100 · Not En",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:20:40+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:20:40+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1979207 (Ford and 2 more), 1969 to 1973: Steering\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979207/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}