Ford Taurus. Published by Transport Canada as 2004091 on 12 March 2004. System: Engine.
What the notice says The process used to manufacture the air filter paper was altered during the 2003 model year production, which resulted in an air filter paper element that can smolder or burn. This change in air filter paper composition combined with the relatively short straight air induction system employed, under certain …
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Ford TAURUS in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004091
- Recall date
- 12 March 2004
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Taurus
- Model years
- 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 15,880
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
The process used to manufacture the air filter paper was altered during the 2003 model year production, which resulted in an air filter paper element that can smolder or burn. This change in air filter paper composition combined with the relatively short straight air induction system employed, under certain circumstances, may allow hot carbon debris to be transported to the air filter element during a backflow event. These hot particles may ignite the air filter element with the potential for air induction system damage and/or underhood fire. Correction: Dealer will replace the air filter element.
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 2004091.
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.
- 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
- 2004318 · 10 September 2004 · E350, E250, E150 · Other
- 2004319 · 10 September 2004 · Freestar · Suspension
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004111 · 23 March 2004 · 7300 4x4, 7400 6x6, 7500 4x4 · Engine
- 2004304 · 24 August 2004 · Epica · Engine
- 2004415 · 24 November 2004 · Knight, Ambassador, Santiam · Engine
- 2003212 · 4 September 2003 · 360 Modena F1, 360 Modena · Engine
- 2003202 · 27 August 2003 · 7 Series · Engine
- 2005019 · 29 January 2005 · V, Vi · Engine
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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 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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