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Transport Canada recall 1983060

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Campaign
Published byTransport Canada (Canada)
Campaign number1983060
Manufacturer's number469
Reported1983-06-22
Units potentially affected55191

What is wrong

TWO DOOR MODELS. FATIGUE CRACKS MAY OCCUR IN THE DOOR LOCK PILLARS AT THE FRONT DOOR LATCH STRIKER REINFORCEMENT ATTACHMENT LOCATIONS. THE FATIGUE CRACKS MAY PROPOGATE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE DOOR LATCH STRIKER ATTACHMENT MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED CREATING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE DOOR MAY NOT BE SECURELY RETAINED. THIS CONDITION IS OBSERVABLE BY VISIBLY NOTICEABLE CRACKS ON THE DOOR LOCK PILLAR ADJACENT TO THE STRIKER ASSEMBLIES.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1981 FORD ESCORT
1982 FORD ESCORT
1983 FORD ESCORT
1982 FORD EXP
1983 FORD EXP
1982 MERCURY LN7
1983 MERCURY LN7
1981 MERCURY LYNX
1982 MERCURY LYNX
1983 MERCURY LYNX

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

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