{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2000284 (Ford and 1 more), 1995 to 1996: Electrical",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2000284/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2000284, FORD, MERCURY CONTOUR, MYSTIQUE, 2000-11-29. On certain vehicles equipped with 2.5 litre V6 engines, tightening of the.",
  "excerpt": "Ford Contour, Mystique. Published by Transport Canada as 2000284 on 29 November 2000. System: Electrical. What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with 2.5 litre V6 engines, tightening of the engine cooling fan motor bearings, up to and including motor stall, can result in increased motor torque and higher than normal motor current and accompanying high motor temperatures. Overheating of the cooling fan motor due to excessive current … 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 equipped with 2.5 litre V6 engines, tightening of the engine cooling fan motor bearings, up to and including motor stall, can result in increased motor torque and higher than normal motor current and accompanying high motor temperatures. Overheating of the cooling fan motor due to excessive current can result in smoke and odors from bearing grease, insulation and other internal motor components. If electrical current continues to be applied to the motor, internal motor components could ignite possibly igniting other engine compartment components. Correction: Dealers will install a Positive Temperature Coefficient device (a solid state resettable fuse-like device) in-line with each fan motor. The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the mo",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T15:13:19+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T15:13:19+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2000284 (Ford and 1 more), 1995 to 1996: Electrical\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2000284/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}