Mercury Mystique, Contour, Cougar. Published by Transport Canada as 2000077 on 21 March 2000. System: Brakes.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the pressure conscious reducing valve (PCRV) in each of the rear brakes may be subject to malfunction due to corrosion when operated in areas of high road salt use. If both PCRVs malfunction, vehicle handling may be adversely affected during braking as a result of the rear wheels locking, which …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2000077
- Recall date
- 21 March 2000
- Make
- Mercury, Ford
- Models
- Mystique, Contour, Cougar
- Model years
- 1996 to 2000
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 43,458
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the pressure conscious reducing valve (PCRV) in each of the rear brakes may be subject to malfunction due to corrosion when operated in areas of high road salt use. If both PCRVs malfunction, vehicle handling may be adversely affected during braking as a result of the rear wheels locking, which could potentially result in a vehicle crash. Correction: Dealers will install improved PCRVs in the rear brake system.
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 2000077.
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.
- 2000121 · 18 May 2000 · Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria · Visual System
- 2000158 · 24 July 2000 · Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria · Other
- 2000243 · 24 October 2000 · Town Car, Grand Marquis, Windstar · Seats And Restraints
- 2000284 · 29 November 2000 · Contour, Mystique · Electrical
- 2000304 · 29 December 2000 · Windstar, Town Car, Grand Marquis · Seats And Restraints
- 1999193 · 29 October 1999 · Cougar, Thunderbird · Electrical
- 1999176 · 19 October 1999 · Mustang, Taurus, Sable · Seats And Restraints
- 1999166 · 20 September 1999 · Mystique, Contour · Fuel System
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2000102 · 17 April 2000 · Wah, WG, WX · Brakes
- 2000104 · 17 April 2000 · Lesabre, Bonneville, Seville · Brakes
- 2000023 · 14 February 2000 · 387 · Brakes
- 2000024 · 14 February 2000 · Trailer System-Guard · Brakes
- 2000022 · 7 February 2000 · C Series · Brakes
- 2000019 · 18 January 2000 · 9100I, 9200I, 9900i · Brakes
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 311 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2000.
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