What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996121
- Recall date
- 2 August 1996
- Make
- Lincoln, Ford
- Models
- Town Car, Crown Victoria
- Model years
- 1995 to 1996
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 2,786
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTORS AND UNITS FOR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. TOWN CARS WITH LIMOUSINE BUILDER PACKAGE OR TRAILER TOW PACKAGE. THE PITMAN ARMS ON THESE VEHICLES WERE NOT FULLY LUBRICATED DURING VEHICLE ASSEMBLY. IF NOT PROPERLY LUBRICATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE, THE PITMAN ARM BALL JOINT MAY BECOME CONTAMINATED AND CORRODE. THIS COULD RESULT IN ABNORMAL WEAR AND POSSIBLE PITMAN ARM BALL JOINT SEPARATION CAUSING SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A POSSIBLE CRASH.rnCORRECTION: PITMAN ARMS WILL BE INSPECTED AND THOSE WITH SIGNIFICANT WEAR WILL BE REPLACED. THOSE PITMAN ARMS NOT REPLACED WILL HAVE THE BALL JOINT FULLY GREASED.
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 1996121.