Ford Mustang, Taurus, Sable, Continental. Published by Transport Canada as 1999176 on 19 October 1999. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the seat belt retractor in certain seating positions may have a pin shaft in the switchable ELR/ALR(emergency locking retractor/automatic locking retractor) mechanism that is incorrectly formed. In some circumstances, the switching mechanism could become non-functional, which could prevent the …
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Ford MUSTANG in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford MUSTANG is named on 68 American notices, 23 British, 15 European and 79 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999176
- Recall date
- 19 October 1999
- Make
- Ford, Mercury, Lincoln
- Models
- Mustang, Taurus, Sable, Continental
- Model years
- 1999 to 2000
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,889
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the seat belt retractor in certain seating positions may have a pin shaft in the switchable ELR/ALR(emergency locking retractor/automatic locking retractor) mechanism that is incorrectly formed. In some circumstances, the switching mechanism could become non-functional, which could prevent the seat belt webbing from being extracted from the retractor. Correction: Affected vehicles will be inspected and suspect lap and shoulder belt assemblies will be replaced.
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 1999176.
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.
- 1999215 · 15 November 1999 · F-250, F-350 Super Duty · Fuel System
- 1999224 · 30 November 1999 · Explorer · Structure
- 1999231 · 16 December 1999 · Focus · Engine
- 1999139 · 27 July 1999 · Mystique, Contour, Cougar · Engine
- 1999134 · 26 July 1999 · Probe · Emissions
- 1999133 · 30 June 1999 · Explorer · Structure
- 1999126 · 23 June 1999 · Windstar · Brakes
- 1999102 · 26 May 1999 · Explorer · Brakes
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999209 · 15 November 1999 · Grand Prix · Seats And Restraints
- 1999210 · 15 November 1999 · SC, SW, SL · Seats And Restraints
- 1999163 · 16 September 1999 · C70, S70, V70 · Seats And Restraints
- 1999164 · 16 September 1999 · Contour, Mystique · Seats And Restraints
- 1999161 · 31 August 1999 · Park Avenue, Aurora · Seats And Restraints
- 1999232 · 16 December 1999 · ML Class · Seats And Restraints
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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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