Lincoln Mkz, Fusion, Edge. Published by Transport Canada as 2015177 on 28 April 2015. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles registered and operated in areas where road salt is used on the roadways during winter months for extended time periods (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland-Labrador), corrosion may occur at the steering gear motor attachment bolts. Steering gear …
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Transport Canada carries this recall as 2015177, dated 28 April 2015. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 15V250, dated 28 April 2015. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 15S14.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2015177 | 15V250 |
| Dated | 28 April 2015 | 28 April 2015 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Lincoln | |
Both registers carry the same date for this defect.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 15V250, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Lincoln MKZ in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Lincoln MKZ is named on 16 American notices, 1 European and 2 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2015177
- Recall date
- 28 April 2015
- Make
- Lincoln, Ford
- Models
- MKZ, Fusion, Edge
- Model years
- 2013 to 2015
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 31,193
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles registered and operated in areas where road salt is used on the roadways during winter months for extended time periods (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland-Labrador), corrosion may occur at the steering gear motor attachment bolts. Steering gear motor detachment from the gear housing could result in sudden loss of steering power assist. This would cause the Electronic Stability Control and Traction Control malfunction indicator lamps to illuminate. A vehicle experiencing a loss of steering power assist would revert to a manual steering mode which would require greater driver effort, especially at low vehicle speeds. A loss of steering power assist could ultimately result in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will apply sealer and replace the steering gear motor attachment bolts as required. If one or more of the steering gear motor attachment bolds are broken or missing, a new steering gear will be installed in the vehicle.
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 2015177.
Lincoln elsewhere in this register
Lincoln is named on 288 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2015179 · 28 April 2015 · MKZ · Lights And Instruments
- 2015175 · 24 April 2015 · Fiesta, MKZ, Fusion · Structure
- 2015224 · 27 May 2015 · Taurus, MKS, Flex · Steering
- 2015126 · 24 March 2015 · MKT · Electrical
- 2015321 · 21 July 2015 · MKS, MKT, Taurus · Brakes
- 2015035 · 28 January 2015 · Taurus, MKS · Structure
- 2015034 · 28 January 2015 · MKT · Structure
- 2015007 · 9 January 2015 · MKC · Powertrain
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2015196 · 12 May 2015 · F-150 · Steering
- 2015207 · 15 May 2015 · Universal, Titan Ii LF, Titan Ii · Steering
- 2015224 · 27 May 2015 · Taurus, MKS, Flex · Steering
- 2015135 · 27 March 2015 · Fortwo · Steering
- 2015123 · 23 March 2015 · J Series, D Series · Steering
- 2015114 · 17 March 2015 · Allegro Breeze · Steering
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 MKZ, 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 Lincoln: 288 in the register, and 620 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2015.
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