Ford Taurus. Published by Transport Canada as 2001132 on 16 May 2001. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the seat belt buckle tongue may not fully eject from the buckle assembly when the release button is pushed slowly. This condition could also result in a partial latch of the tongue in the buckle. In the event of a vehicle crash, the vehicle occupant may not be properly restrained, possibly …
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Ford TAURUS in the other registers
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The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2001132
- Recall date
- 16 May 2001
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Taurus
- Model years
- 2001
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 163
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the seat belt buckle tongue may not fully eject from the buckle assembly when the release button is pushed slowly. This condition could also result in a partial latch of the tongue in the buckle. In the event of a vehicle crash, the vehicle occupant may not be properly restrained, possibly resulting in personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will replace the driver and right front passenger seat belt buckles.
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 2001132.
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.
- 2001131 · 16 May 2001 · F-750, F-650 · Suspension
- 2001125 · 28 May 2001 · Explorer · Other
- 2001120 · 8 June 2001 · Windstar · Suspension
- 2001205 · 7 August 2001 · Contour, Mystique · Other
- 2001041 · 21 February 2001 · F-550, F-450 · Suspension
- 2001204 · 13 August 2001 · Expedition, Navigator, F-550 · Other
- 2001213 · 22 August 2001 · Windstar · Electrical
- 2001214 · 22 August 2001 · Windstar · Electrical
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2001102 · 17 May 2001 · 330, 385, 378 · Seats And Restraints
- 2001107 · 17 May 2001 · Minibus · Seats And Restraints
- 2001118 · 10 May 2001 · Durango, Dakota, Ram · Seats And Restraints
- 2001135 · 23 May 2001 · Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon XL · Seats And Restraints
- 2001112 · 24 May 2001 · Chieftain, Minnie Winnie, Sunrise · Seats And Restraints
- 2001134 · 24 May 2001 · Town & Country, Ram Van, Voyager · Seats And Restraints
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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 301 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2001.
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