Ford Focus. Published by Transport Canada as 2013261 on 31 July 2013. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says Certain vehicles equipped with high-intensity discharge (HID) headlamps may not comply with Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 - Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices. The front side marker lights may be inoperative and the daytime running lamp (DRL) operation telltale may not illuminate as required by …
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Ford FOCUS in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2013261
- Recall date
- 31 July 2013
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Focus
- Model years
- 2012 to 2013
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,100
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles equipped with high-intensity discharge (HID) headlamps may not comply with Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 - Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices. The front side marker lights may be inoperative and the daytime running lamp (DRL) operation telltale may not illuminate as required by the standard. These issues could render the vehicle less visible to other road users, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will replace the headlamp assemblies and reconfigure the DRL system.
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 2013261.
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
- 2014001 · 2 January 2014 · Edge · Fuel System
- 2014002 · 8 January 2014 · Explorer · Steering
- 2014103 · 31 March 2014 · F-350 Chassis Cab, F-250 Super Duty, E450 Cutaway Chassis Cab · Airbag
- 2014109 · 2 April 2014 · Escape, Fusion, C-Max · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2013233 · 4 July 2013 · Compass · Lights And Instruments
- 2013234 · 4 July 2013 · Grand Cherokee · Lights And Instruments
- 2013200 · 7 June 2013 · 2500, 3500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2013201 · 7 June 2013 · 1500, 2500, 3500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2013310 · 18 September 2013 · 5 Series · Lights And Instruments
- 2013176 · 24 May 2013 · XTS, Ats, Impala · Lights And Instruments
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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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