# Transport Canada recall 2001213

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 2001213
- Manufacturer's number: 01S25
- Reported: 2001\-08\-22
- Component: Electrical
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 129135

## What is wrong

On certain vehicles contaminants such as water, salt, and windshield washer solution can enter the wiper motor cover assembly through pinholes on the exterior of the cover that are used in the molding process. In addition, on certain of the vehicles built between February and August 2000, a switch located in the plastic cover of the wiper motor gear case could malfunction and overheat. Either of these conditions could potentially result in loss of intermittent wiper function, loss of wiper park function, complete loss of wiper function, smoke, or, potentially, ignition of the plastic cover material. Contaminant entry could also result in unintended wiper motor operation. Switch malfunction is most likely to occur when the intermittent setting of the wipers is being used, or when snow or ice obstructs the blades from returning to the "parked" position at the bottom of the windshield. Loss of visibility while driving increases the risk of a crash. Correction: Dealers will install a new wiper cover with improved sealing and water resistance.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [1999 FORD WINDSTAR](/makes/ford/windstar/1999/recalls.md)
- [2000 FORD WINDSTAR](/makes/ford/windstar/2000/recalls.md)
- [2001 FORD WINDSTAR](/makes/ford/windstar/2001/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [04174](/bulletins/10013116.md), 2005-04-08, Service bulletin
- [04136](/bulletins/10009320.md), 2004-09-22, Service bulletin
- [03242](/bulletins/10008273.md), 2004-07-26, Service bulletin
- [17899](/bulletins/10008272.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin
- [04111](/bulletins/10008252.md), 2004-07-24, Service bulletin
- [0471](/bulletins/10008201.md), 2004-07-23, Service bulletin
- [17585](/bulletins/10007386.md), 2004-06-17, Service bulletin
- [03223](/bulletins/10007360.md), 2004-06-16, Service bulletin
- [17277](/bulletins/10004921.md), 2004-01-20, Service bulletin
- [03203](/bulletins/10004886.md), 2004-01-14, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/2001213](/v1/recalls/tc/2001213)

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