Ford Aerostar. Published by Transport Canada as 1988088 on 23 June 1988. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The affected vehicles are equipped with the optional trailer tow package. the taillight relay assembly may have wires that are of a smaller gauge than the fuse link which is protecting the circuit. a short circuit in the trailer wiring or water intrusion into the relay assembly could cause the smaller gauge wires to …
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Ford AEROSTAR in the other registers
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The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988088
- Recall date
- 23 June 1988
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Aerostar
- Model years
- 1986 to 1988
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,626
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE OPTIONAL TRAILER TOW PACKAGE. THE TAILLIGHT RELAY ASSEMBLY MAY HAVE WIRES THAT ARE OF A SMALLER GAUGE THAN THE FUSE LINK WHICH IS PROTECTING THE CIRCUIT. A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE TRAILER WIRING OR WATER INTRUSION INTO THE RELAY ASSEMBLY COULD CAUSE THE SMALLER GAUGE WIRES TO ACT AS A FUSE LINK AND OVERHEAT, CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE.
CORRECTION: A FUSE WILL BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE TRAILER TOW RELAY POWER FEED CIRCUIT WHICH WILL PROTECT THE RELAY FROM SHORT CIRCUIT OR THERMAL OVERLOAD.
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 1988088.
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.
- 1988037 · 16 March 1988 · Thunderbird · Suspension
- 1988027 · 9 March 1988 · Topaz, Tempo · Engine
- 1988028 · 9 March 1988 · Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis · Seats And Restraints
- 1988136 · 5 October 1988 · Ranger, Bronco Ii, Aerostar · Electrical
- 1988140 · 6 October 1988 · E350, E250 · Heater And Defroster
- 1988015 · 4 February 1988 · F-350 · Steering
- 1989010 · 19 January 1989 · Super Duty · Steering
- 1987105 · 7 October 1987 · E250, Econoline, E350 · Structure
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1988110 · 18 July 1988 · Continental · Electrical
- 1988133 · 23 September 1988 · Hcoe, Conventional · Electrical
- 1988010 · 27 January 1988 · Somerset, Skylark · Electrical
- 1988003 · 5 January 1988 · 700 Series · Electrical
- 1989008 · 17 January 1989 · 900 · Electrical
- 1987119 · 4 November 1987 · Eldorado · Electrical
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 Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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