{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1998225 (Ford), 1997: Engine",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1998225/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1998225, FORD PROBE, 1998-11-16. On certain vehicles, an external spring in the timing belt auto tensioner may break. The broken.",
  "excerpt": "Ford Probe. Published by Transport Canada as 1998225 on 16 November 1998. System: Engine. What the notice says On certain vehicles, an external spring in the timing belt auto tensioner may break. The broken spring may get caught in the timing belt, resulting in possible engine stalling. Correction: Vehicles will be inspected and affected tensioners 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. On certain vehicles, an external spring in the timing belt auto tensioner may break. The broken spring may get caught in the timing belt, resulting in possible engine stalling. Correction: Vehicles will be inspected and affected tensioners will be replaced. 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 1998225 . 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. 1998209 · 22 November 1998 · E350 · Lights And Instruments 1998234 · 23 November 1998 · Contour, Cougar, Mystique · Emissions 1998235 · 27 November 1998 · Navigator, Ex",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:49:39+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:49:39+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1998225 (Ford), 1997: Engine\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1998225/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}