Mercury Mystique, Contour, Cougar. Published by Transport Canada as 1999139 on 27 July 1999. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the accelerator cable may have been manufactured with a burr on or near the end of the cable sleeve interior. This burr could fray the core wire which in turn could cause the accelerator not to return to idle when the accelerator pedal is released. This could result in a vehicle crash. …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999139
- Recall date
- 27 July 1999
- Make
- Mercury, Ford
- Models
- Mystique, Contour, Cougar
- Model years
- 1998 to 1999
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 17,214
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the accelerator cable may have been manufactured with a burr on or near the end of the cable sleeve interior. This burr could fray the core wire which in turn could cause the accelerator not to return to idle when the accelerator pedal is released. This could result in a vehicle crash. Correction: Accelerator cable will be replaced with a revised version which has a flared conduit sleeve end and molded-on end fitting.
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 1999139.
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.
- 1999157 · 27 August 1999 · Cougar · Structure
- 1999164 · 16 September 1999 · Contour, Mystique · Seats And Restraints
- 1999166 · 20 September 1999 · Mystique, Contour · Fuel System
- 1999094 · 19 May 1999 · Contour, Mystique · Lights And Instruments
- 1999097 · 19 May 1999 · Town Car, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis · Engine
- 1999176 · 19 October 1999 · Mustang, Taurus, Sable · Seats And Restraints
- 1999193 · 29 October 1999 · Cougar, Thunderbird · Electrical
- 1999049 · 25 March 1999 · Contour, Mystique · Other
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999105 · 31 May 1999 · Gsx-R750, Gsx-R600 · Engine
- 1999016 · 15 February 1999 · Sunfire, Cavalier · Engine
- 1999022 · 15 February 1999 · Dyna Super Glide (fxd), Tour Glide (flt), Electra Glide (flh) · Engine
- 1998219 · 10 November 1998 · XJ12 · Engine
- 2000109 · 28 April 2000 · Cavalier, Sunfire · Engine
- 1998201 · 21 October 1998 · Intrigue · Engine
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 Keystone Cougar, 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 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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