Ford Focus. Published by Transport Canada as 2002213 on 15 November 2002. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a Zetec engine, the battery cable insulation could be damaged due to loose or broken attachments and/or misrouted battery cables. This in turn may cause the battery cables to short resulting in heat damage. The check engine light being illuminated or the engine failing to start are …
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Ford FOCUS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford FOCUS is named on 19 American notices, 56 British, 29 European and 16 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2002213
- Recall date
- 15 November 2002
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Focus
- Model years
- 2000 to 2001
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 41,068
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a Zetec engine, the battery cable insulation could be damaged due to loose or broken attachments and/or misrouted battery cables. This in turn may cause the battery cables to short resulting in heat damage. The check engine light being illuminated or the engine failing to start are some of the possible symptoms however, smoke, melting or fire may also occur. Correction: Dealers will inspect the condition or the battery cable insulation for proper torque at the terminal ends. Cables will be rerouted, retaining clips installed and damaged battery cables replaced as necessary.
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 2002213.
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.
- 2002214 · 15 November 2002 · Focus · Suspension
- 2002236 · 9 December 2002 · Escort · Airbag
- 2002111 · 19 June 2002 · Thunderbird · Seats And Restraints
- 2002017 · 31 January 2002 · Ranger · Powertrain
- 2002013 · 21 January 2002 · F-650, F-750 · Brakes
- 2003141 · 27 May 2003 · F-250, Expedition, F-150 · Steering
- 2003323 · 10 December 2003 · Escape · Seats And Restraints
- 2001213 · 22 August 2001 · Windstar · Electrical
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.
- 2002117 · 24 June 2002 · I30, Maxima, Q45 · Electrical
- 2002021 · 8 February 2002 · Xl2-40 Motorhome, Xl2-45 Motorhome · Electrical
- 2002019 · 1 February 2002 · T800, W900 · Electrical
- 2002015 · 25 January 2002 · H3-41 Coach, H3-45 Vip, H3-45 Coach · Electrical
- 2002014 · 22 January 2002 · D40lf · Electrical
- 2002007 · 14 January 2002 · Electra Glide Shrine (flhtc-1), Electra Glide Classic (flhtc), Police Road King (flhp) · 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 246 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2002.
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