Ford Windstar. Published by Transport Canada as 2003273 on 7 November 2003. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the 2nd and 3rd row bench seat-to-floor latches do not meet FMVSS 225 load requirements and can release under load. Correction: Dealer will replace the seat latches on the 2nd and 3rd row seats.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Ford WINDSTAR in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford WINDSTAR is named on 6 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003273
- Recall date
- 7 November 2003
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Windstar
- Model years
- 2001 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 58,921
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the 2nd and 3rd row bench seat-to-floor latches do not meet FMVSS 225 load requirements and can release under load. Correction: Dealer will replace the seat latches on the 2nd and 3rd row seats.
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 2003273.
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.
- 2003323 · 10 December 2003 · Escape · Seats And Restraints
- 2003141 · 27 May 2003 · F-250, Expedition, F-150 · Steering
- 2004126 · 7 April 2004 · Escape · Engine
- 2004141 · 22 April 2004 · F-150 · Fuel System
- 2004235 · 9 July 2004 · F-550 Super Duty, F-450 Super Duty, F-350 Super Duty · Electrical
- 2004236 · 9 July 2004 · Town Car, Crown Victoria · Suspension
- 2004237 · 9 July 2004 · Taurus, Thunderbird · Seats And Restraints
- 2004317 · 10 September 2004 · F-150 · Fuel System
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.
- 2003253 · 21 October 2003 · TC/2000 School Bus, All American School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2003235 · 10 October 2003 · XC90 · Seats And Restraints
- 2003323 · 10 December 2003 · Escape · Seats And Restraints
- 2003337 · 16 December 2003 · Tribute · Seats And Restraints
- 2003338 · 17 December 2003 · E Class, CLK Class, C Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2003232 · 26 September 2003 · Minibus · Seats And Restraints
Reading this against the source
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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 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 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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