Lincoln Ls. Published by Transport Canada as 2000273 on 20 November 2000. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the front suspension lower ball joints may not have been tightened to specifications during manufacture. This could result in loosening of the attaching nuts and, ultimately result in a fracture of the ball joint stud. This could adversely affect vehicle control and a crash could occur. Should …
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Lincoln LS in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2000273
- Recall date
- 20 November 2000
- Make
- Lincoln
- Models
- LS
- Model years
- 2000 to 2001
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,947
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the front suspension lower ball joints may not have been tightened to specifications during manufacture. This could result in loosening of the attaching nuts and, ultimately result in a fracture of the ball joint stud. This could adversely affect vehicle control and a crash could occur. Should the left side ball joint fracture, the wheel and tire could contact the fuel lines or the fuel filter potentially resulting in fuel leakage. Correction: Ball joint torque will be inspected and vehicles with loose ball joints will either have the fasteners tightened to specification or if necessary, the ball joints will be replaced.
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Lincoln elsewhere in this register
Lincoln is named on 288 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2000281 · 28 November 2000 · F-250, F-150, Expedition · Lights And Instruments
- 2000243 · 24 October 2000 · Town Car, Grand Marquis, Windstar · Seats And Restraints
- 2000227 · 16 October 2000 · F-150, Escort, Town Car · Seats And Restraints
- 2000303 · 29 December 2000 · Town Car · Other
- 2000304 · 29 December 2000 · Windstar, Town Car, Grand Marquis · Seats And Restraints
- 2000079 · 20 March 2000 · Expedition, Navigator · Structure
- 2001163 · 20 June 2001 · Deville Limousine, Town Car Limousine · Electrical
- 2001194 · 16 July 2001 · F-350, Excursion, F-150 · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2000267 · 16 November 2000 · S-Type · Suspension
- 2000278 · 28 November 2000 · 3 Series · Suspension
- 2000261 · 28 October 2000 · Fifth Wheel Trailer · Suspension
- 2000262 · 28 October 2000 · D40lf · Suspension
- 2000242 · 25 October 2000 · Escape · Suspension
- 2000245 · 25 October 2000 · Focus · Suspension
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Lincoln: 288 in the register, and 311 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2000.
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