Ford Contour, Mystique, Cougar. Published by Transport Canada as 2001195 on 16 July 2001. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Certain passenger vehicles. The rough surface of the heater blower resistor's stainless steel blades can damage the copper surface of the wiring harness connector. The damage could, over time, cause increased resistance in the connector and, due to subsequent terminal relaxation, result in an open circuit condition. …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2001195
- Recall date
- 16 July 2001
- Make
- Ford, Mercury
- Models
- Contour, Mystique, Cougar
- Model years
- 1996 to 1998
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 28,272
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain passenger vehicles. The rough surface of the heater blower resistor's stainless steel blades can damage the copper surface of the wiring harness connector. The damage could, over time, cause increased resistance in the connector and, due to subsequent terminal relaxation, result in an open circuit condition. The heater blower resistor may overheat causing the attached electrical connector to melt, creating the potential for a fire. Correction: Dealers will install a new heater blower resistor and a new wire jumper harness.
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 2001195.
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.
- 2001205 · 7 August 2001 · Contour, Mystique · Other
- 2001204 · 13 August 2001 · Expedition, Navigator, F-550 · Other
- 2001213 · 22 August 2001 · Windstar · Electrical
- 2001214 · 22 August 2001 · Windstar · Electrical
- 2001120 · 8 June 2001 · Windstar · Suspension
- 2001125 · 28 May 2001 · Explorer · Other
- 2001131 · 16 May 2001 · F-750, F-650 · Suspension
- 2001132 · 16 May 2001 · Taurus · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2001162 · 21 June 2001 · 385, 320, 379 · Powertrain
- 2001155 · 20 June 2001 · Dakota · Powertrain
- 2001209 · 22 August 2001 · Quadmaster 50 (lt-A50) · Powertrain
- 2001226 · 5 September 2001 · Trailblazer, Envoy · Powertrain
- 2001252 · 22 October 2001 · Trailblazer, Envoy · Powertrain
- 2001253 · 22 October 2001 · Envoy, Trailblazer · Powertrain
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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 Keystone Cougar, 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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