Ford Freestar. Published by Transport Canada as 2013074 on 6 March 2013. System: Structure.
What the notice says On certain vehicles originally sold or currently registered in areas of heavy road salt usage during winter months (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador), corrosion can occur at the latch for the forward portion of the third row seat. Continued corrosion in …
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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
- 2013074
- Recall date
- 6 March 2013
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Freestar
- Model years
- 2004 to 2007
- Vehicle class
- Minivan
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 38,181
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles originally sold or currently registered in areas of heavy road salt usage during winter months (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador), corrosion can occur at the latch for the forward portion of the third row seat. Continued corrosion in this area may result in the inability to fully latch the forward portion of the seat into its seating position, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Note: Seat belt anchorages and permanent seat anchorages, which are at the rear of the seat, are unaffected. Correction: Dealers will install new third row seat latch striker mounting brackets which relocate the seat latch strikers from the potentially corroded area. In addition, dealers will install overlay panels on the exterior of the wheel wells to prevent entry of water and corrosive elements.
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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.
- 2013219 · 25 June 2013 · Taurus, Explorer, MKS · Other
- 2013340 · 2 October 2013 · Focus, C-Max · Electrical
- 2013424 · 27 November 2013 · Escape · Fuel System
- 2013426 · 27 November 2013 · Fiesta · Label
- 2012332 · 1 October 2012 · Fiesta · Airbag
- 2012324 · 28 September 2012 · F-650, F-750 · Lights And Instruments
- 2012325 · 28 September 2012 · Explorer · Accessories
- 2012235 · 25 July 2012 · Escape · Other
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2013037 · 1 February 2013 · Silverstar · Structure
- 2013122 · 17 April 2013 · Prostar, Durastar, Workstar · Structure
- 2013035 · 30 January 2013 · Ahv Grain Hauler Trailer · Structure
- 2013220 · 26 June 2013 · Grand Cherokee, Liberty · Structure
- 2013222 · 26 June 2013 · Grand Cherokee · Structure
- 2013308 · 17 September 2013 · Ah85, Ah Series · Structure
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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 466 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2013.
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