Ford Contour, Mystique. Published by Transport Canada as 1999094 on 19 May 1999. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the terminals at the headlight switch and wiring harness connector may experience heat damage as a result of overheating. This can cause distortion of the terminal and an open circuit in the instrument panel illumination, parking lamp and tail lamp circuits. Correction: Dealers will install a …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999094
- Recall date
- 19 May 1999
- Make
- Ford, Mercury
- Models
- Contour, Mystique
- Model years
- 1996 to 1998
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 56,107
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the terminals at the headlight switch and wiring harness connector may experience heat damage as a result of overheating. This can cause distortion of the terminal and an open circuit in the instrument panel illumination, parking lamp and tail lamp circuits. Correction: Dealers will install a headlamp switch wiring connector containing bronze terminals and inspect and if necessary, replace the headlamp switch.
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 1999094.
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.
- 1999102 · 26 May 1999 · Explorer · Brakes
- 1999126 · 23 June 1999 · Windstar · Brakes
- 1999133 · 30 June 1999 · Explorer · Structure
- 1999134 · 26 July 1999 · Probe · Emissions
- 1999139 · 27 July 1999 · Mystique, Contour, Cougar · Engine
- 1999034 · 3 March 1999 · F-150 · Suspension
- 1999031 · 2 March 1999 · Aerostar · Electrical
- 1999032 · 2 March 1999 · Aerostar · Electrical
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999110 · 7 June 1999 · XC Chassis · Lights And Instruments
- 1999112 · 8 June 1999 · TJ · Lights And Instruments
- 1999047 · 24 March 1999 · Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 1999149 · 10 August 1999 · Empress, Signature · Lights And Instruments
- 1999155 · 19 August 1999 · Sunfire, Cavalier · Lights And Instruments
- 1999013 · 29 January 1999 · RX 300 · Lights And Instruments
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 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 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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