{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1980023 (Mercury), 1971 to 1972",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1980023/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1980023, MERCURY CAPRI, 1980-02-20. THE HOUSING OF THE THREE POSITION HEADLIGHT SWITCH MAY BREAK RESULTING IN AN OPEN ELECTRICAL.",
  "excerpt": "Mercury Capri. Published by Transport Canada as 1980023 on 20 February 1980. System: Not Entered. What the notice says The housing of the three position headlight switch may break resulting in an open electrical circuit that would cause the headlight and taillights to either go off or prevent them from being turned on. 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. THE HOUSING OF THE THREE POSITION HEADLIGHT SWITCH MAY BREAK RESULTING IN AN OPEN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD CAUSE THE HEADLIGHT AND TAILLIGHTS TO EITHER GO OFF OR PREVENT THEM FROM BEING TURNED ON. 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 1980023 . 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. 1980021 · 20 February 1980 · Zephyr, Cougar, Thunderbird · Brakes 1980022 · 20 February 1980 · Zephyr, Monarch, Granada · Not Entered 198002",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:46:02+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:46:02+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1980023 (Mercury), 1971 to 1972\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1980023/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}