| NHTSA Record Id: 10177 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCURY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009523000203124000000258 |
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| Model Name: MYSTIQUE |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V243000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 99S23 |
| Component Name: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 02 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 24 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 280481 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 27 1999 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company |
Report Received Date: Sep, 08 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Sep, 23 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the air bag sensor wiring pigtail insulation can become brittle and crack over time due to accumulation of water in the pigtail protective convolute in combination with high underhood temperatures related to the routing of the wiring pigtail near the radiator. this can result in environmental stress cracking of the insulation. |
Consequence Summary: In some cases, the air bag warning light can illuminate and the air bag supplemental restraint system disabled. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install air bag sensors with revised wiring insulation. in addition, vehicles which have the air bag warning light illuminated will have a new air bag diagnostic monitor installed. |
Recall Notes: Ford recall no. 99s23. owner notification began september 27, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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