Ford Explorer. Published by Transport Canada as 2000078 on 21 March 2000. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the generic electronic module (GEM) may experience a condition referred to as "lock-up" in which the GEM controlled functions (front windshield wipers, interior lights, 4X4 system etc.) could not be turned ON or, in some cases if the function in ON, it could not be turned OFF. During this lock-up …
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Ford EXPLORER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford EXPLORER is named on 91 American notices, 15 British, 13 European and 71 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2000078
- Recall date
- 21 March 2000
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Explorer
- Model years
- 1999 to 2000
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 18,576
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the generic electronic module (GEM) may experience a condition referred to as "lock-up" in which the GEM controlled functions (front windshield wipers, interior lights, 4X4 system etc.) could not be turned ON or, in some cases if the function in ON, it could not be turned OFF. During this lock-up condition, these functions remain in their last known operating mode and do not respond to driver commands until electrical power is interrupted to the GEM. An inoperative front windshield wiper system could adversely affect driver visibility. Correction: Dealers will install a resistor in the GEM circuit which will prevent the electronic noise on the diagnostic link from affecting the GEM during vehicle operation.
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 2000078.
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.
- 2000037 · 18 February 2000 · Windstar · Visual System
- 2000120 · 16 May 2000 · E350 · Suspension
- 2000121 · 18 May 2000 · Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria · Visual System
- 2000211 · 29 September 2000 · F-150, F-250 · Fuel System
- 2000225 · 16 October 2000 · Escape · Engine
- 2000226 · 16 October 2000 · Escape · Steering
- 2000227 · 16 October 2000 · F-150, Escort, Town Car · Seats And Restraints
- 2000228 · 16 October 2000 · Super Duty · Electrical
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2000117 · 16 May 2000 · Protege · Electrical
- 2000122 · 19 May 2000 · S Class, CL Class · Electrical
- 2000012 · 12 January 2000 · TC/2000 Non-School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Electrical
- 2000228 · 16 October 2000 · Super Duty · Electrical
- 2000302 · 29 December 2000 · Focus · Electrical
- 1999212 · 15 November 1999 · Cr-V · Electrical
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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 311 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2000.
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