Ford Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis. Published by Transport Canada as 1988028 on 9 March 1988. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On station wagons, the automatic seat belt retractors for the dual facing rear seats may have been installed in an improper location. this could cause binding of the seat belt between the seat cushion and the seat back and result in the retractor being sluggish or unable to take up excess belt slack. correction: seat …
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Ford CROWN VICTORIA in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988028
- Recall date
- 9 March 1988
- Make
- Ford, Mercury
- Models
- Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis
- Model years
- 1987 to 1988
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 552
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON STATION WAGONS, THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT RETRACTORS FOR THE DUAL FACING REAR SEATS MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN AN IMPROPER LOCATION. THIS COULD CAUSE BINDING OF THE SEAT BELT BETWEEN THE SEAT CUSHION AND THE SEAT BACK AND RESULT IN THE RETRACTOR BEING SLUGGISH OR UNABLE TO TAKE UP EXCESS BELT SLACK. CORRECTION: SEAT BELTS WILL BE REMOVED AND REINSTALLED IN THE PROPER LOCATION.
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 1988028.
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.
- 1988027 · 9 March 1988 · Topaz, Tempo · Engine
- 1988037 · 16 March 1988 · Thunderbird · Suspension
- 1988015 · 4 February 1988 · F-350 · Steering
- 1988136 · 5 October 1988 · Ranger, Bronco Ii, Aerostar · Electrical
- 1988140 · 6 October 1988 · E350, E250 · Heater And Defroster
- 1987105 · 7 October 1987 · E250, Econoline, E350 · Structure
- 1987102 · 23 September 1987 · Ranger · Brakes
- 1989010 · 19 January 1989 · Super Duty · Steering
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1988029 · 9 March 1988 · Continental · Seats And Restraints
- 1988047 · 6 April 1988 · Grand Prix · Seats And Restraints
- 1988013 · 1 February 1988 · Sedan, Station Wagon · Seats And Restraints
- 1988059 · 19 April 1988 · Mr · Seats And Restraints
- 1988064 · 11 May 1988 · L1319, L1113, L1117 · Seats And Restraints
- 1988103 · 13 July 1988 · 1410 Sedan, 1310 Sedan, 1410 Wagon · Seats And Restraints
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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 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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