Ford Freestar. Published by Transport Canada as 2012004 on 6 January 2012. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the torque converter could fail. This would result in a loss of vehicle propulsion which, in conjunction with traffic and road conditions, and the driver's reactions, could increase the risk of a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the torque …
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Ford FREESTAR in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2012004
- Recall date
- 6 January 2012
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Freestar
- Model years
- 2004 to 2005
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 36,421
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the torque converter could fail. This would result in a loss of vehicle propulsion which, in conjunction with traffic and road conditions, and the driver's reactions, could increase the risk of a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the torque converter assembly.
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 2012004.
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.
- 2012003 · 5 January 2012 · Escape · Brakes
- 2012002 · 4 January 2012 · F-650 · Steering
- 2012028 · 30 January 2012 · Navigator, Expedition · Seats And Restraints
- 2012120 · 3 April 2012 · Focus · Visual System
- 2012218 · 18 July 2012 · Escape · Fuel System
- 2012235 · 25 July 2012 · Escape · Other
- 2012324 · 28 September 2012 · F-650, F-750 · Lights And Instruments
- 2012325 · 28 September 2012 · Explorer · Accessories
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2012034 · 1 February 2012 · Versa · Powertrain
- 2012114 · 2 April 2012 · B Class · Powertrain
- 2012149 · 1 May 2012 · F-150, Mustang, Navigator · Powertrain
- 2012174 · 1 June 2012 · Civic · Powertrain
- 2012202 · 5 July 2012 · S80 · Powertrain
- 2012285 · 21 August 2012 · T600, T400, T700 · Powertrain
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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 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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