Ford Crown Victoria. Published by Transport Canada as 1997069 on 1 April 1997. System: Structure.
What the notice says Note: police and taxi vehicles only.
the hood latch striker may either wear or become detached from the hood. either of these conditions may result in the hood opening without warning while the vehicle is being operated resulting in reduced driver visibility and a possible crash.
correction: vehicles with 1992 …
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Ford CROWN VICTORIA in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997069
- Recall date
- 1 April 1997
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Crown Victoria
- Model years
- 1992 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 5,986
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: POLICE AND TAXI VEHICLES ONLY.
THE HOOD LATCH STRIKER MAY EITHER WEAR OR BECOME DETACHED FROM THE HOOD. EITHER OF THESE CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN THE HOOD OPENING WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED RESULTING IN REDUCED DRIVER VISIBILITY AND A POSSIBLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: VEHICLES WITH 1992 MODEL HOODS WILL HAVE AN IMPROVED HOOD LATCH STRIKER INSTALLED AND REVISED STRIKER PLATE ATTACHING FASTENERS WILL BE INSTALLED ON VEHICLES WITH 1993-97 HOODS.
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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 1997069.
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.
- 1997116 · 9 June 1997 · Explorer · Electrical
- 1997118 · 16 June 1997 · Windstar · Seats And Restraints
- 1997119 · 17 June 1997 · B Series · Powertrain
- 1997124 · 23 June 1997 · Windstar, Sable, Taurus · Powertrain
- 1997013 · 22 January 1997 · F-150 · Seats And Restraints
- 1997010 · 21 January 1997 · F-150 · Engine
- 1997011 · 21 January 1997 · Expedition · Suspension
- 1997007 · 20 January 1997 · Aeromax, Louisville · Brakes
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1997103 · 27 May 1997 · Sundance, Shadow · Structure
- 1997104 · 28 May 1997 · Grand Caravan, Caravan, Town & Country · Structure
- 1997105 · 28 May 1997 · Sonata · Structure
- 1997106 · 28 May 1997 · Tc2000 · Structure
- 1997040 · 19 February 1997 · Travel Tandem · Structure
- 1997036 · 18 February 1997 · Discovery · Structure
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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 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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