Lincoln Continental. Published by Transport Canada as 1988110 on 18 July 1988. System: Electrical.
What the notice says This recall covers two defects. (1) a nylon shielded wiring harness located in the engine compartment may experience melting of the nylon shield during extreme vehicle operating conditions in 100 plus degree (farenheit) weather. melted nylon could drop on the exhaust manifold and result in an underhood fire. …
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Lincoln CONTINENTAL in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Lincoln CONTINENTAL is named on 2 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988110
- Recall date
- 18 July 1988
- Make
- Lincoln
- Models
- Continental
- Model years
- 1988
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,347
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THIS RECALL COVERS TWO DEFECTS. (1) A NYLON SHIELDED WIRING HARNESS LOCATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT MAY EXPERIENCE MELTING OF THE NYLON SHIELD DURING EXTREME VEHICLE OPERATING CONDITIONS IN 100 PLUS DEGREE (FARENHEIT) WEATHER. MELTED NYLON COULD DROP ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND RESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE. CORRECTION: WIRING HARNESS WILL BE WRAPPED WITH A HEAT RESISTANT FIBERGLASS TAPE. (2) AN ELECTRICAL WIRE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH CONTROLS POWER TO THE BRAKE PUMP MOTOR MAY OVERHEAT AND TEMPORARILY LOSE CONTACT WITH THE SWITCH TERMINAL. SHOULD THIS OCCUR WHILE THE CAR IS BEING OPERATED, THE BRAKE PUMP MOTOR WILL STOP RUNNING BUT THE CAR WILL STILL BRAKE NORMALLY ONE TO FIVE TIMES AFTER THE RED WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND BEFORE REAR BRAKE FUNCTION AND POWER ASSIST TO THE FRONT BRAKES IS LOST. BECAUSE OF THE DECREASE IN BRAKING ABILITY, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD RESULT.
CORRECTION: IGNITION SWITCH AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED WITH ONES INCORPORATING MODIFIED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS.
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 1988110.
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.
- 1988087 · 23 June 1988 · Continental · Powertrain
- 1988033 · 10 March 1988 · Continental · Suspension
- 1988029 · 9 March 1988 · Continental · Seats And Restraints
- 1989039 · 28 March 1989 · Continental · Seats And Restraints
- 1987098 · 9 September 1987 · F Series, Bronco, Cougar · Fuel System
- 1987090 · 24 August 1987 · Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria, Town Car · Fuel System
- 1989128 · 26 September 1989 · Continental Limousine · Suspension
- 1987025 · 19 February 1987 · Town Car · Steering
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.
- 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
- 1989019 · 17 February 1989 · Travel Trailer, Fifth Wheel, Truck Camper · 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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Lincoln Continental, 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 Lincoln: 288 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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