{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1981049 (Ford), 1981",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1981049/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1981049, FORD ECONOLINE, 1981-04-14. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS MAY HAVE GEAR POSITION INDICATORS THAT ARE TOO.",
  "excerpt": "Ford Econoline. Published by Transport Canada as 1981049 on 14 April 1981. System: Not Entered. What the notice says Vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions may have gear position indicators that are too short to be readily visible. thus the driver may inadvertently select the incorrect gear. 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. This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford ECONOLINE is named on 2 American notices and 1 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. Ford recall 19V432 - 2009-2016 Ford Econoline Ford recall 25V726 - 2026 Econoline Israeli recall 8692 (Ford Econoline), 2008 Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS MAY HAVE GEAR POSITION INDICATORS THAT ARE TOO SHORT TO BE READILY VISIBLE. THUS THE DRIVER MAY INADVERTENTLY SELECT THE INCORRECT GEAR. Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as p",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:26:08+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:26:08+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1981049 (Ford), 1981\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1981049/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}