Lincoln Town Car. Published by Transport Canada as 1987025 on 19 February 1987. System: Steering.
What the notice says Vehicles may have been built with idler arm brackets that are susceptible to fracture at the threaded shafts due to improper heat treatment. a fractured idler arm bracket would result in a clunking noise on turns and a loose feeling in the steering wheel during vehicle operation. steering control would be maintained …
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Lincoln TOWN CAR in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Lincoln TOWN CAR is named on 4 American notices, 1 British and 1 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1987025
- Recall date
- 19 February 1987
- Make
- Lincoln
- Models
- Town Car
- Model years
- 1987
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 145
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH IDLER ARM BRACKETS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FRACTURE AT THE THREADED SHAFTS DUE TO IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT. A FRACTURED IDLER ARM BRACKET WOULD RESULT IN A CLUNKING NOISE ON TURNS AND A LOOSE FEELING IN THE STEERING WHEEL DURING VEHICLE OPERATION. STEERING CONTROL WOULD BE MAINTAINED HOWEVER BECAUSE BOTH FRONT WHEELS WOULD REMAIN CONNECTED TO THE STEERING ARM.
CORRECTION: IDLER ARM ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
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 1987025.
Lincoln elsewhere in this register
Lincoln is named on 288 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1987016 · 12 February 1987 · Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Town Car · Steering
- 1987090 · 24 August 1987 · Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria, Town Car · Fuel System
- 1987098 · 9 September 1987 · F Series, Bronco, Cougar · Fuel System
- 1986120 · 23 October 1986 · Town Car · Electrical
- 1986086 · 13 August 1986 · Mark Vii, Continental · Brakes
- 1986087 · 13 August 1986 · Mark Vii, Continental · Brakes
- 1986025 · 20 February 1986 · Continental, Mark Vii · Not Entered
- 1988029 · 9 March 1988 · Continental · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1987028 · 25 February 1987 · S Series · Steering
- 1987016 · 12 February 1987 · Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Town Car · Steering
- 1987002 · 6 January 1987 · El Tigre 6000 · Steering
- 1987120 · 4 November 1987 · RW, MH · Steering
- 1987131 · 30 November 1987 · Rd, DM, U · Steering
- 1987141 · 29 December 1987 · MH · Steering
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Lincoln: 288 in the register, and 142 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1987.
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