Ford Fairmont, Zephyr. Published by Transport Canada as 1978095 on 20 September 1978. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the pulse air reed valve (which permits flow of air from the air cleaner to the exhaust manifold) can fail in cold temperatures, resulting in a backflow of exhaust gas into the air cleaner and fuel induction system that causes a rich air/fuel mixture. This condition could ultimately result in …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1978095
- Recall date
- 20 September 1978
- Make
- Ford, Mercury
- Models
- Fairmont, Zephyr
- Model years
- 1978
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 16,017
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the pulse air reed valve (which permits flow of air from the air cleaner to the exhaust manifold) can fail in cold temperatures, resulting in a backflow of exhaust gas into the air cleaner and fuel induction system that causes a rich air/fuel mixture. This condition could ultimately result in spark plug misfire, or engine stalling.
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 1978095.
Ford elsewhere in this register
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.
- 1978102 · 3 October 1978 · Mustang, Capri · Not Entered
- 1978103 · 3 October 1978 · Meteor, Ltd, Marquis · Steering
- 1978104 · 3 October 1978 · Ltd · Not Entered
- 1978105 · 4 October 1978 · Econoline, Club Wagon · Not Entered
- 1978108 · 11 October 1978 · Meteor, Marquis, Custom 500 · Not Entered
- 1978113 · 18 October 1978 · B Series, L Series, F Series · Other
- 1978114 · 18 October 1978 · Granada, Monarch · Not Entered
- 1978116 · 20 October 1978 · Fiesta · Not Entered
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1979011 · 17 January 1979 · 300 · Engine
- 1979019 · 30 January 1979 · GL, DL, Brat · Engine
- 1977123 · 28 December 1977 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1977024 · 22 June 1977 · Torino, Ranchero, Montego · Engine
- 1980103 · 31 July 1980 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1980118 · 9 September 1980 · Diplomat, Caravelle, St Regis · Engine
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
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