Mercury Cougar. Published by Transport Canada as 1999157 on 27 August 1999. System: Structure.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the door latch pawl has a coating which will swell in high humidity conditions. In some cases, the latch pawl may stick in the open or unattached position due to this swelling. If this occurs, the door may not latch when it is closed and in some cases the door may appear to close but the latch …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999157
- Recall date
- 27 August 1999
- Make
- Mercury
- Models
- Cougar
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,024
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the door latch pawl has a coating which will swell in high humidity conditions. In some cases, the latch pawl may stick in the open or unattached position due to this swelling. If this occurs, the door may not latch when it is closed and in some cases the door may appear to close but the latch may not be engaged. If the vehicle is driven in this condition, it could potentially result in the door opening while the vehicle is in motion. Correction: Revised side door latches will be installed on affected vehicles.
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 1999157.
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.
- 1999164 · 16 September 1999 · Contour, Mystique · Seats And Restraints
- 1999166 · 20 September 1999 · Mystique, Contour · Fuel System
- 1999139 · 27 July 1999 · Mystique, Contour, Cougar · Engine
- 1999176 · 19 October 1999 · Mustang, Taurus, Sable · Seats And Restraints
- 1999193 · 29 October 1999 · Cougar, Thunderbird · Electrical
- 1999094 · 19 May 1999 · Contour, Mystique · Lights And Instruments
- 1999097 · 19 May 1999 · Town Car, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis · Engine
- 1999049 · 25 March 1999 · Contour, Mystique · Other
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.
- 1999147 · 30 July 1999 · MPV · Structure
- 1999133 · 30 June 1999 · Explorer · Structure
- 1999130 · 28 June 1999 · Odyssey · Structure
- 1999132 · 28 June 1999 · Ram · Structure
- 1999127 · 25 June 1999 · Flair · Structure
- 1999119 · 11 June 1999 · G Series · Structure
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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