Ford Contour, Mystique. Published by Transport Canada as 1998243 on 21 December 1998. System: Visual System.
What the notice says Certain vehicles do not comply with CMVSS 205 - glazing materials. The windshields on were produced without the "AS1" mark as required by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z26.1. These windshields fully meet all of the requirements of Standard 205. Correction: Since the absence of the AS1 mark is highly …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998243
- Recall date
- 21 December 1998
- Make
- Ford, Mercury
- Models
- Contour, Mystique
- Model years
- 1998 to 1999
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Visual System
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 31,170
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles do not comply with CMVSS 205 - glazing materials. The windshields on were produced without the "AS1" mark as required by American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z26.1. These windshields fully meet all of the requirements of Standard 205. Correction: Since the absence of the AS1 mark is highly unlikely to produce any risk of injury, no corrective action will be taken.
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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.
- 1998235 · 27 November 1998 · Navigator, Expedition · Brakes
- 1998236 · 27 November 1998 · Econoline · Emissions
- 1998238 · 27 November 1998 · Super Duty · Engine
- 1998239 · 27 November 1998 · F-350 · Airbag
- 1998234 · 23 November 1998 · Contour, Cougar, Mystique · Emissions
- 1998209 · 22 November 1998 · E350 · Lights And Instruments
- 1998225 · 16 November 1998 · Probe · Engine
- 1998208 · 21 October 1998 · Contour, Mystique · Powertrain
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.
- 1998180 · 14 September 1998 · Bounder · Visual System
- 1998150 · 22 July 1998 · Sonoma, C Series, K Series · Visual System
- 1998142 · 20 July 1998 · TC/2000 School Bus, TC/2000 Non-School Bus, Micro Bird School Bus · Visual System
- 1998129 · 29 June 1998 · Seville · Visual System
- 1998093 · 12 May 1998 · 200sx, Sentra · Visual System
- 1999002 · 13 January 1999 · Century · Visual System
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