{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1982045","date":"1982-05-10","owner_notified":null,"manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"VEHICLES WITH OPTIONAL AIR CONDITIONING.  THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER MOTOR THERMAL LIMITER MAY NOT OPERATE AS INTENDED WHEN THERE IS A MOTOR BLOCKAGE OR MALFUNCTION.  THUS, IF THE BLOWER MOTOR BECOMES JAMMED WHEN THE SYSTEM IS OPERATING IN THE MEDIUM-LOW BLOWER SPEED MODE, THE RESISTOR COILS MAY OVERHEAT CAUSING MELTING AND POSSIBLE IGNITION OF THE POLYPROPLENE EVAPORATOR HOUSING WITH ASSOCIATED VEHICLE DAMAGE.","consequence":null,"remedy":null,"notes":null,"mfr_campaign":"439","part_number":null,"units":1010,"completion":null,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":null,"french":{"component":null,"notification":null,"summary":"Le limiteur thermique du moteur du ventilateur du climatiseur peut ne pas fonctionner comme prévu en cas de grippage ou de mauvais fonctionnement de ce moteur. Ainsi, si ce moteur cale alors que le climatiseur fonctionne à un régime moyen ou bas, le serpentin de l'évaporateur peut surchauffer et causer la fusion ou I'inflammation de l'enveloppe en polypropylène de l'evaporateur avec tous les dommages conséquents au véhicule."},"vehicles":[{"year":1982,"make":"FORD","model":"ESCORT","vehicle_id":"1982_ford_escort","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1982,"make":"FORD","model":"EXP","vehicle_id":null,"match":null,"built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1982,"make":"MERCURY","model":"LN7","vehicle_id":null,"match":null,"built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1982,"make":"MERCURY","model":"LYNX","vehicle_id":"1982_mercury_lynx","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null}],"may_apply":true,"as_of":"2026-10-19","lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":["Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1982045"}