Ford Contour, Mystique. Published by Transport Canada as 2000284 on 29 November 2000. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with 2.5 litre V6 engines, tightening of the engine cooling fan motor bearings, up to and including motor stall, can result in increased motor torque and higher than normal motor current and accompanying high motor temperatures. Overheating of the cooling fan motor due to excessive current …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2000284
- Recall date
- 29 November 2000
- Make
- Ford, Mercury
- Models
- Contour, Mystique
- Model years
- 1995 to 1996
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 22,561
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with 2.5 litre V6 engines, tightening of the engine cooling fan motor bearings, up to and including motor stall, can result in increased motor torque and higher than normal motor current and accompanying high motor temperatures. Overheating of the cooling fan motor due to excessive current can result in smoke and odors from bearing grease, insulation and other internal motor components. If electrical current continues to be applied to the motor, internal motor components could ignite possibly igniting other engine compartment components. Correction: Dealers will install a Positive Temperature Coefficient device (a solid state resettable fuse-like device) in-line with each fan motor.
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 2000284.
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
- 2000301 · 29 December 2000 · Econoline · Seats And Restraints
- 2000302 · 29 December 2000 · Focus · Electrical
- 2000304 · 29 December 2000 · Windstar, Town Car, Grand Marquis · Seats And Restraints
- 2000306 · 29 December 2000 · Aerostar · Engine
- 2000307 · 29 December 2000 · F-350, F-250, F-150 · Fuel System
- 2000308 · 29 December 2000 · Explorer · Engine
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.
- 2000302 · 29 December 2000 · Focus · Electrical
- 2000228 · 16 October 2000 · Super Duty · Electrical
- 2000122 · 19 May 2000 · S Class, CL Class · Electrical
- 2000117 · 16 May 2000 · Protege · Electrical
- 2000012 · 12 January 2000 · TC/2000 Non-School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Electrical
- 2001029 · 8 February 2001 · V, Vi · 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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