{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1997190 (Mercury), 1997 to 1998: Electrical",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1997190/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1997190, MERCURY VILLAGER, 1997-10-30. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH DEFECTIVE BATTERIES. THE BATTERIES MAY HAVE.",
  "excerpt": "Mercury Villager. Published by Transport Canada as 1997190 on 30 October 1997. System: Electrical. What the notice says These vehicles may have been manufactured with defective batteries. the batteries may have negative terminals that could fracture causing acid leakage and related corrosion damage which could lead to an engine fire or battery explosion. correction: defective batteries will be replaced. 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. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH DEFECTIVE BATTERIES. THE BATTERIES MAY HAVE NEGATIVE TERMINALS THAT COULD FRACTURE CAUSING ACID LEAKAGE AND RELATED CORROSION DAMAGE WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ENGINE FIRE OR BATTERY EXPLOSION. CORRECTION: DEFECTIVE BATTERIES WILL BE REPLACED. 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 1997190 . 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 th",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T15:20:30+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T15:20:30+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1997190 (Mercury), 1997 to 1998: Electrical\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1997190/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}