Mercury Grand Marquis, Town Car, Crown Victoria. Published by Transport Canada as 2005350 on 8 November 2005. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the positive battery cable may come in contact with the #2 cross member attaching bolt. During normal vehicle operation, the insulation may chafe, which could result in an electrical short. If a short occurs, possible heat or fire damage to the cable and/or other components, either under-hood or …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005350
- Recall date
- 8 November 2005
- Make
- Mercury, Lincoln, Ford
- Models
- Grand Marquis, Town Car, Crown Victoria
- Model years
- 2005
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,840
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the positive battery cable may come in contact with the #2 cross member attaching bolt. During normal vehicle operation, the insulation may chafe, which could result in an electrical short. If a short occurs, possible heat or fire damage to the cable and/or other components, either under-hood or near other possible ground points on the vehicle, may occur. Correction: Dealers will relocate the positive battery cable.
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 2005350.
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
- 2006324 · 23 November 2006 · Grand Marquis · Other
- 2004252 · 19 July 2004 · Sable, Taurus · Suspension
- 2007199 · 15 June 2007 · Town Car, Grand Marquis, Crown Victoria · Steering
- 2007258 · 7 August 2007 · E150, Grand Marquis, Town Car · Electrical
- 2008038 · 6 February 2008 · E250, E150, Crown Victoria · Electrical
- 2001290 · 11 December 2001 · Mustang, Sable, Taurus · Electrical
- 2009292 · 14 October 2009 · E150, E350, E250 · Other
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.
- 2005021 · 26 November 2005 · Optra, Epica · Electrical
- 2005331 · 28 October 2005 · Legend 138, Classic, Legend 158 · Electrical
- 2005316 · 18 October 2005 · Sedona · Electrical
- 2005302 · 11 October 2005 · All American Non-School Bus, All American School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Electrical
- 2005303 · 11 October 2005 · Escapade Motorhome, Greyhawk Motorhome · Electrical
- 2005400 · 21 December 2005 · Boulevard M50 (vz800), Boulevard C50 (vl800) · Electrical
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Lincoln Town Car, 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 Mercury: 243 in the register, and 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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