Mercury Capri. Published by Transport Canada as 1983088 on 21 October 1983. System: Not Entered.
What the notice says Some of the vehciles affected by the recall may have been produced with incorrect hoods - the incorrect hoods were intended for use with conventional (non-turbo) engines and maynot provide a sufficient clearnace between the throttle linkage and the hood undersides. as a result, under certain conditions, the throttle …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1983088
- Recall date
- 21 October 1983
- Make
- Mercury
- Models
- Capri
- Model years
- 1983
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 7
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
SOME OF THE VEHCILES AFFECTED BY THE RECALL MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITH INCORRECT HOODS - THE INCORRECT HOODS WERE INTENDED FOR USE WITH CONVENTIONAL (NON-TURBO) ENGINES AND MAYNOT PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT CLEARNACE BETWEEN THE THROTTLE LINKAGE AND THE HOOD UNDERSIDES. AS A RESULT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE THROTTLE LINKAGE MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH THE HOOD POTENTIALLY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LINKAGE AND PREVENTING THE THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO ITS IDLE POSITION.
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 1983088.
Mercury elsewhere in this register
Mercury is named on 243 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1983087 · 18 October 1983 · Escort, Lynx · Not Entered
- 1983114 · 17 December 1983 · Topaz, Mark Vii, Tempo · Not Entered
- 1983068 · 10 August 1983 · Escort, Lynx, LN7 · Not Entered
- 1983060 · 22 June 1983 · Lynx, Escort, LN7 · Not Entered
- 1983044 · 6 April 1983 · Cougar, Granada · Not Entered
- 1983024 · 3 March 1983 · Econoline, Mark Iv, Club Wagon · Not Entered
- 1983021 · 24 February 1983 · Mustang, Pinto, Bobcat · Not Entered
- 1983018 · 18 February 1983 · Continental, Marquis, Ltd · Not Entered
The same system: Not Entered
882 notices in this register name Not Entered. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1983101 · 20 November 1983 · 300zx · Not Entered
- 1983057 · 24 November 1983 · 1316, L1013, L1116 · Not Entered
- 1983100 · 30 November 1983 · 1310 · Not Entered
- 1983103 · 2 December 1983 · Century, Ciera · Not Entered
- 1983104 · 2 December 1983 · Pony Trailers · Not Entered
- 1983105 · 5 December 1983 · Fire Truck · Not Entered
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 Mercury: 243 in the register, and 122 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1983.
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