Mercury Cougar, Thunderbird. Published by Transport Canada as 1997193 on 10 November 1997. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says Movement of fuel lines, resulting from normal vehicle body vibrations. causes the nylon fuel lines to wear by rubbing against the metal floor pan. this could result in fuel leakage which, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire.
correction: fuel lines will be inspected and replaced as necessary. …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997193
- Recall date
- 10 November 1997
- Make
- Mercury, Ford
- Models
- Cougar, Thunderbird
- Model years
- 1992 to 1993
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 9,271
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
MOVEMENT OF FUEL LINES, RESULTING FROM NORMAL VEHICLE BODY VIBRATIONS. CAUSES THE NYLON FUEL LINES TO WEAR BY RUBBING AGAINST THE METAL FLOOR PAN. THIS COULD RESULT IN FUEL LEAKAGE WHICH, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
CORRECTION: FUEL LINES WILL BE INSPECTED AND REPLACED AS NECESSARY. ALSO, A PLASTIC CONVOLUTE COVERING WILL BE INSTALLED AROUND THE FUEL LINES WHICH WILL PREVENT WEAR THROUGH.
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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.
- 1997190 · 30 October 1997 · Villager · Electrical
- 1997221 · 11 December 1997 · Mystique, Contour · Engine
- 1997124 · 23 June 1997 · Windstar, Sable, Taurus · Powertrain
- 1997071 · 2 April 1997 · Taurus, Sable · Electrical
- 1997060 · 20 March 1997 · Taurus, Sable, Continental · Engine
- 1997012 · 21 January 1997 · Villager · Lights And Instruments
- 1998019 · 29 January 1998 · Taurus, Continental, Sable · Lights And Instruments
- 1998050 · 26 March 1998 · Sable, Taurus, Mystique · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1997206 · 20 November 1997 · Ram · Fuel System
- 1997208 · 21 November 1997 · Grand Cherokee, Cherokee · Fuel System
- 1997214 · 27 November 1997 · B Series · Fuel System
- 1997215 · 28 November 1997 · Mustang · Fuel System
- 1997238 · 30 December 1997 · Hummer · Fuel System
- 1997240 · 30 December 1997 · Hummer · Fuel System
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 Mercury: 243 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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