Mercury Cougar, Thunderbird. Published by Transport Canada as 1991073 on 7 May 1991. System: Visual System.
What the notice says The nuts which hold the wiper motor to the wiper module may not have been adequately tightened and may loosen or come off. if this happens, the wiper pattern may shift or, in some cases, the wiper may jam of two of the three nuts have come off. jammed wipers could result in reduced driver visibility during …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1991073
- Recall date
- 7 May 1991
- Make
- Mercury, Ford
- Models
- Cougar, Thunderbird
- Model years
- 1990 to 1991
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Visual System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 6,677
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE NUTS WHICH HOLD THE WIPER MOTOR TO THE WIPER MODULE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY TIGHTENED AND MAY LOOSEN OR COME OFF. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE WIPER PATTERN MAY SHIFT OR, IN SOME CASES, THE WIPER MAY JAM OF TWO OF THE THREE NUTS HAVE COME OFF. JAMMED WIPERS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED DRIVER VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
CORRECTION: MOUNTING NUTS/STUDS WILL BE INSPECTED FOR LOCTITE AND WILL BE REINSTALLED AND TORQUED WITH LOCTITE IF REQUIRED.
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 1991073.
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.
- 1991066 · 24 April 1991 · Cougar, Thunderbird · Seats And Restraints
- 1991055 · 27 March 1991 · Taurus, Sable · Electrical
- 1991056 · 27 March 1991 · Grand Marquis, Cougar, Thunderbird · Powertrain
- 1991021 · 11 February 1991 · Sable, Bronco Ii, Taurus · Engine
- 1990193 · 7 December 1990 · Sable, Taurus · Brakes
- 1990182 · 21 November 1990 · Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Tempo · Seats And Restraints
- 1992011 · 5 February 1992 · Tempo, Topaz, Aerostar · Emissions
- 1990104 · 5 July 1990 · Thunderbird, Cougar · Emissions
The same system: Visual System
424 notices in this register name Visual System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1991091 · 11 June 1991 · T450, T600a, W900b · Visual System
- 1991053 · 22 March 1991 · Motorhome · Visual System
- 1990152 · 1 October 1990 · Low Rider Special Edition (fxrs) · Visual System
- 1990153 · 1 October 1990 · Futura Bus · Visual System
- 1992021 · 21 February 1992 · H5-60 Coach, H3-40 Coach · Visual System
- 1990108 · 9 July 1990 · Talon, Laser · Visual System
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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 Mercury: 243 in the register, and 177 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1991.
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