Mercury Topaz, Tempo. Published by Transport Canada as 1986070 on 26 June 1986. System: Structure.
What the notice says On vehicles produced at the oakville assembly plant, the forward screw that provides part of the attachement between the driver's seat back assembly and the seat cushion frame may be susceptible to fatigue fracture. fracture of this screw would permit the driver's seat back to pivot rearwards and could result in loss …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1986070
- Recall date
- 26 June 1986
- Make
- Mercury, Ford
- Models
- Topaz, Tempo
- Model years
- 1984
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 61,890
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES PRODUCED AT THE OAKVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT, THE FORWARD SCREW THAT PROVIDES PART OF THE ATTACHEMENT BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY AND THE SEAT CUSHION FRAME MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FATIGUE FRACTURE. FRACTURE OF THIS SCREW WOULD PERMIT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK TO PIVOT REARWARDS AND COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
CORRECTION: NEW SCREWS WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT CUSHION FRAME.
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 1986070.
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.
- 1986030 · 10 March 1986 · Taurus, Sable · Not Entered
- 1986124 · 6 November 1986 · Sable, Taurus · Steering
- 1986127 · 13 November 1986 · Sable, Taurus · Structure
- 1987004 · 13 January 1987 · Tracer · Structure
- 1987009 · 28 January 1987 · Topaz, Tempo · Other
- 1987016 · 12 February 1987 · Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Town Car · Steering
- 1987023 · 17 February 1987 · Sable, Taurus · Structure
- 1985079 · 28 June 1985 · Tempo, Topaz · Not Entered
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1986049 · 2 May 1986 · Semi-Trailer · Structure
- 1986043 · 15 April 1986 · Motorhome · Structure
- 1986040 · 11 April 1986 · Charger, Town & Country, Fifth Avenue · Structure
- 1986105 · 26 September 1986 · Lifeguard · Structure
- 1986108 · 2 October 1986 · 1310, 1410 · Structure
- 1986109 · 2 October 1986 · 1310, 1410 · Structure
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 Mercury: 243 in the register, and 147 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1986.
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