Mercury Capri, Mustang, Lynx, Escort. Published by Transport Canada as 1988066 on 17 May 1988. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says The forward screw which provides part of the attachment between the driver`s seat back assembly and the seat cushion frame could fracture and permit the driver's seat back to pivot rearward. such a condition could adversely affect the driver's ability to control the vehicle and could result in a vehicle crash. …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988066
- Recall date
- 17 May 1988
- Make
- Mercury, Ford
- Models
- Capri, Mustang, Lynx, Escort
- Model years
- 1981 to 1984
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 83,870
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE FORWARD SCREW WHICH PROVIDES PART OF THE ATTACHMENT BETWEEN THE DRIVER`S SEAT BACK ASSEMBLY AND THE SEAT CUSHION FRAME COULD FRACTURE AND PERMIT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK TO PIVOT REARWARD. SUCH A CONDITION COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: NEW DRIVER'S SEAT CUSHION ATTACHMENT SCREWS WILL BE INSTALLED 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 1988066.
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.
- 1988027 · 9 March 1988 · Topaz, Tempo · Engine
- 1988028 · 9 March 1988 · Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis · Seats And Restraints
- 1988169 · 12 December 1988 · Sable · Lights And Instruments
- 1987098 · 9 September 1987 · F Series, Bronco, Cougar · Fuel System
- 1987090 · 24 August 1987 · Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria, Town Car · Fuel System
- 1989079 · 1 June 1989 · Cougar, Thunderbird · Brakes
- 1989080 · 2 June 1989 · Thunderbird, Cougar · Suspension
- 1989098 · 13 July 1989 · Exp, Escort, Lynx · Engine
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.
- 1988064 · 11 May 1988 · L1319, L1113, L1117 · Seats And Restraints
- 1988059 · 19 April 1988 · Mr · Seats And Restraints
- 1988047 · 6 April 1988 · Grand Prix · Seats And Restraints
- 1988103 · 13 July 1988 · 1410 Sedan, 1310 Sedan, 1410 Wagon · Seats And Restraints
- 1988108 · 14 July 1988 · Besta · Seats And Restraints
- 1988028 · 9 March 1988 · Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis · Seats And Restraints
Reading this against the source
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Ford Mustang, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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