Ford Thunderbird, Cougar. Published by Transport Canada as 1989080 on 2 June 1989. System: Suspension.
What the notice says Improperly heat treated rear suspension knuckles on these vehicles could experience high mileage fatigue cracks and eventual fracture. should a fracture occur, the rear suspension at that wheel would not remain intact and vehicle control could be adversely affected. correction: vehicles will be inspected and suspect …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1989080
- Recall date
- 2 June 1989
- Make
- Ford, Mercury
- Models
- Thunderbird, Cougar
- Model years
- 1989
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 939
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
IMPROPERLY HEAT TREATED REAR SUSPENSION KNUCKLES ON THESE VEHICLES COULD EXPERIENCE HIGH MILEAGE FATIGUE CRACKS AND EVENTUAL FRACTURE. SHOULD A FRACTURE OCCUR, THE REAR SUSPENSION AT THAT WHEEL WOULD NOT REMAIN INTACT AND VEHICLE CONTROL COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. CORRECTION: VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED AND SUSPECT REAR SUSPENSION KNUCKLES WILL BE REPLACED.
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 1989080.
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.
- 1989110 · 9 August 1989 · CF Series · Brakes
- 1989133 · 28 September 1989 · Probe · Engine
- 1989010 · 19 January 1989 · Super Duty · Steering
- 1990003 · 2 January 1990 · Bronco, F Series · Fuel System
- 1990013 · 23 January 1990 · L Series · Steering
- 1988140 · 6 October 1988 · E350, E250 · Heater And Defroster
- 1988136 · 5 October 1988 · Ranger, Bronco Ii, Aerostar · Electrical
- 1990026 · 9 February 1990 · Aerostar · Fuel System
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1989078 · 1 June 1989 · 320, 379, 357 · Suspension
- 1989071 · 23 May 1989 · R, MH, RW · Suspension
- 1989069 · 17 May 1989 · Trailer · Suspension
- 1989112 · 10 August 1989 · RB600 · Suspension
- 1989113 · 14 August 1989 · 944, 944 Turbo · Suspension
- 1989032 · 10 March 1989 · RW, MH, Rd · Suspension
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 Triumph Thunderbird, 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 Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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