What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1979063
- Recall date
- 5 April 1979
- Make
- Mercury, Ford
- Models
- Capri, Mustang
- Model years
- 1979
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 1,347
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 200 C.I.D. ENGINES (EXCEPT AIR CONDITIONING). SOME VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH PLASTIC FINGER GUARDS ATTACHED TO THE UPPER RADIATOR SUPPORT ASSEMBLY WHICH COULD COME IN CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE FAN WHILE THE ENGINE IS OPERATING. WITH THE HOOD OPENED THE ROTATING FAN COULD BREAK THE FINGER GUARDS POSSIBLY INJURING PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE OPENED HOOD.
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 1979063.