Mercury Sable, Taurus. Published by Transport Canada as 2004252 on 19 July 2004. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the front coil springs may fracture when operated in high corrosion areas (where salt is used on the roadways in winter). The potential for corrosion causing a spring to fracture increases with the number of kilometres and years in service on the vehicle. A fractured spring could move past the …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004252
- Recall date
- 19 July 2004
- Make
- Mercury, Ford
- Models
- Sable, Taurus
- Model years
- 1999 to 2001
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 59,758
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the front coil springs may fracture when operated in high corrosion areas (where salt is used on the roadways in winter). The potential for corrosion causing a spring to fracture increases with the number of kilometres and years in service on the vehicle. A fractured spring could move past the spring seat and contact a front tire causing a rupture resulting in a rapid air loss. Correction: For vehicles sold in or are currently registered in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, dealers will install protective spring shields as specified in recall campaign 04S17. In addition, Ford will notify nationwide all 1999 to 2001 Taurus and Sable owners of a Customer Satisfaction Program 04M04 in which Ford will provide additional repair coverage for replacement of fractured front coil springs for a period of 10 years from the original date of sale of the vehicle, or up to 240 000 kilometres, whichever occurs first.
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 2004252.
Mercury elsewhere in this register
Mercury is named on 243 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2005028 · 14 February 2005 · F-550 Super Duty, Bronco, F-350 Super Duty · Electrical
- 2005350 · 8 November 2005 · Grand Marquis, Town Car, Crown Victoria · Electrical
- 2006324 · 23 November 2006 · Grand Marquis · Other
- 2001290 · 11 December 2001 · Mustang, Sable, Taurus · Electrical
- 2007199 · 15 June 2007 · Town Car, Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria · Steering
- 2001205 · 7 August 2001 · Contour, Mystique · Other
- 2001194 · 16 July 2001 · F-350, Excursion, F-150 · Seats And Restraints
- 2001195 · 16 July 2001 · Contour, Mystique, Cougar · Powertrain
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004241 · 13 July 2004 · 1648 · Suspension
- 2004234 · 9 July 2004 · G4500 · Suspension
- 2004236 · 9 July 2004 · Town Car, Crown Victoria · Suspension
- 2004220 · 7 July 2004 · Fifth Wheel Trailer · Suspension
- 2004200 · 17 June 2004 · Acterra, Business Class, Business Class M2 · Suspension
- 2004308 · 25 August 2004 · 9200i 6x4, 9400i 6x4, 9200i 4x2 · Suspension
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Mercury: 243 in the register, and 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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