{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2001042 (Mercury), 1999 to 2000: Electrical",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2001042/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2001042, MERCURY COUGAR, 2001-02-21. On certain vehicles, a misrouted battery cable to the alternator could contact the metal tubing.",
  "excerpt": "Mercury Cougar. Published by Transport Canada as 2001042 on 21 February 2001. System: Electrical. What the notice says On certain vehicles, a misrouted battery cable to the alternator could contact the metal tubing that is part of the power steering line. This could eventually wear the insulation and result in an electrical short. An electrical short could potentially result in a fire, or in a no-start or stall. Correction: Dealers … 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, a misrouted battery cable to the alternator could contact the metal tubing that is part of the power steering line. This could eventually wear the insulation and result in an electrical short. An electrical short could potentially result in a fire, or in a no-start or stall. Correction: Dealers will inspect vehicles and the battery cable will rerouted or replaced as required. 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 2001042 . The Canadian register on this site Mercury is named on 243 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of whi",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:16:12+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:16:12+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2001042 (Mercury), 1999 to 2000: Electrical\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2001042/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}