{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1983018","date":"1983-02-18","owner_notified":null,"manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SELECTOR TUBE RETAINING CLIP WHICH RETAINS THE SELECTOR TUBE TO THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK CYLINDER MAY NOT BE OF ADEQUATE HARDNESS.  SHOULD THE CLIP LOOSEN AND DISENGAGE FROM THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SELECTOR TUBE ASSEMBLY, THE GEARSHIFT SELECTOR LEVER MAY NOT INDICATE THE ACTUAL GEAR POSITION OF THE TRANSMISSION. FOR EXAMPLE, THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL FREE WHEN THE INDICATOR IS IN THE \"PARK\" POSITION OR COULD ACTUALLY BE IN DRIVE GEAR WHEN THE INDICATOR IS IN THE \"NEUTRAL\" POSITION.","consequence":null,"remedy":null,"notes":null,"mfr_campaign":"457","part_number":null,"units":1877,"completion":null,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":null,"french":{"component":null,"notification":null,"summary":"L'agrafe qui fixe le tube de commande de la boîte de vitesses au cylindre de serrure de la colonne de direction n'est\npeut-etre.pas assez dure. Si elle devait prendre du jeu et se dégager de l'ensemble du tube, le levier de vitesses n'indiquerait peut-être pas l'engrenage réel de la boîte de vitesses. Par exemple, le véhicule pourrait rouler, alors que le levier est dans la position de \"parcage\", ou être en réalité sur une position de marche, alors que le levier indique la position \"neutre\"."},"vehicles":[{"year":1983,"make":"FORD","model":"CROWN VICTORIA","vehicle_id":null,"match":null,"built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1983,"make":"FORD","model":"FAIRMONT","vehicle_id":"1983_ford_fairmont","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1983,"make":"FORD","model":"LTD","vehicle_id":"1983_ford_ltd","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1983,"make":"LINCOLN","model":"CONTINENTAL","vehicle_id":"1983_lincoln_continental","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1983,"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MARK VI","vehicle_id":"1983_lincoln_mark","match":"base","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1983,"make":"LINCOLN","model":"TOWN CAR","vehicle_id":"1983_lincoln_town-car","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1983,"make":"MERCURY","model":"GRAND MARQUIS","vehicle_id":"1983_mercury_grand-marquis","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1983,"make":"MERCURY","model":"MARQUIS","vehicle_id":"1983_mercury_marquis","match":"exact","built_from":null,"built_to":null},{"year":1983,"make":"MERCURY","model":"ZEPHYR","vehicle_id":"1983_mercury_zephyr","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/1983018"}