| NHTSA Record Id: 10873 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCURY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008625000010417000000025 |
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| Model Name: SABLE |
Model Year: 1993 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V094000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 98S15 |
| Component Name: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Aug, 01 1992 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 31 1993 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 281000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Nov, 04 1998 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company |
Report Received Date: May, 06 1998 |
| Record Creation date : May, 06 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles originally sold or currently registered in the states of new york, michigan, ohio, illinois, wisconsin, pennsylvania, massachusetts, indiana, new jersey, maine, connecticut, new hampshire, rhode island, vermont, minnesota, iowa, missouri, kentucky, maryland, delaware, and west virginia. the front coil springs can fracture as a result of corrosion in combination with small cracks in the springs. |
Consequence Summary: The front tire could deflate due to a broken front coil spring contacting the tire, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a spring catcher bracket which will prevent a fractured spring from contacting a tire. |
Recall Notes: Owners of these vehicles received two notifications.the first notification was mailed july 16, 1998, advising owners that parts were not yet available.the second notice was sent (a postcard) on november 4, 1998,that parts are available. 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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