Ford Windstar. Published by Transport Canada as 2000274 on 21 November 2000. System: Accessories.
What the notice says Certain vehicles do not comply with the requirements of CMVSS 118 - Power-operated windows, power-operated partitions and power-operated roof panels. If the key is placed in the "accessory" position and remains there for more than 70 seconds, the vehicle delayed accessory relay remains active when the ignition switch …
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Ford WINDSTAR in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2000274
- Recall date
- 21 November 2000
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Windstar
- Model years
- 1999 to 2000
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Accessories
- Raised as
- Compliance TC
- Vehicles affected
- 43,494
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles do not comply with the requirements of CMVSS 118 - Power-operated windows, power-operated partitions and power-operated roof panels. If the key is placed in the "accessory" position and remains there for more than 70 seconds, the vehicle delayed accessory relay remains active when the ignition switch is moved to the "off" position, and the vehicle front door is opened. Under this condition, all accessories connected to the accessory relay, including the power windows, remain operable. Correction: Dealers will reconfigure the vehicle front end electronic module.
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 2000274.
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.
- 2001031 · 14 November 2000 · F-750, F-650 · Brakes
- 2000305 · 20 December 2000 · Focus · Seats And Restraints
- 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
- 2000301 · 29 December 2000 · Econoline · Seats And Restraints
- 2000302 · 29 December 2000 · Focus · Electrical
The same system: Accessories
734 notices in this register name Accessories. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2000081 · 23 March 2000 · Southwind T, Vision Z · Accessories
- 2000080 · 21 March 2000 · C Series, Astro, Safari · Accessories
- 2000004 · 5 January 2000 · Wildwood Lite, Salem Lite · Accessories
- 2002153 · 26 January 2001 · Vulcan 1500 Se, Vulcan 1500, Vulcan 800 · Accessories
- 2001038 · 20 February 2001 · Minnie Winnie, Sundancer · Accessories
- 2001174 · 31 March 2001 · D30lf, D60, D35lf · Accessories
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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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