Ford Excursion, Taurus. Published by Transport Canada as 2001068 on 16 March 2001. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the headlamp switch knob may have been molded from a plastic material that is more brittle than the intended material. This material may be overstressed when the knob is installed on the switch, leading to a later fracture, and in some cases, separation of the knob from the headlamp switch. If …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2001068
- Recall date
- 16 March 2001
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Excursion, Taurus
- Model years
- 2000
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 5,235
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the headlamp switch knob may have been molded from a plastic material that is more brittle than the intended material. This material may be overstressed when the knob is installed on the switch, leading to a later fracture, and in some cases, separation of the knob from the headlamp switch. If this should occur, it may be difficult for the driver to activate the headlamps. Correction: Headlamp switch knob will be replaced with one made of the intended material.
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 2001068.
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.
- 2001041 · 21 February 2001 · F-550, F-450 · Suspension
- 2001024 · 6 February 2001 · F-650, F-750, Super Duty · Steering
- 2001131 · 16 May 2001 · F-750, F-650 · Suspension
- 2001132 · 16 May 2001 · Taurus · Seats And Restraints
- 2001004 · 15 January 2001 · Escape · Visual System
- 2001002 · 12 January 2001 · Explorer, Explorer Sport Trac, Ranger · Structure
- 2001003 · 12 January 2001 · Explorer · Powertrain
- 2001125 · 28 May 2001 · Explorer · Other
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2001070 · 30 March 2001 · Legacy · Lights And Instruments
- 2001044 · 21 February 2001 · Taurus · Lights And Instruments
- 2001043 · 6 February 2001 · Cougar · Lights And Instruments
- 2001018 · 29 January 2001 · C Class · Lights And Instruments
- 2001101 · 9 May 2001 · V70, S70, C70 · Lights And Instruments
- 2001159 · 3 January 2001 · Rescue Vehicle · Lights And Instruments
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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 Ford Taurus, 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 Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 301 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2001.
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