| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 16371 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: FORD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008185000215152000000351 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: WINDSTAR | Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 97V051000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: CHILD SEAT | Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 20 1997 | End date of Manufacturing: Jan, 29 1997 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 202 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 05 1997 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company | Report Received Date: Apr, 01 1997 |
| Record Creation date : Apr, 17 1997 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: minivan equipped with second row bench seats with optional integrated child seat (ics). the headrest lockout mechanism on the seats may not engage and lock the headrests in the "down" position, as intended, when the ics is deployed. a vehicle occupant could move the headrest to the "up" position. | Consequence Summary: As a result of the headrest being in the "up" position, a child seated in the ics would receive less than the intended protection in the child head area in the event of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : The second row bench seats have been replaced with seats built with revised headrest lockout mechanisms. | Recall Notes: Owner notification:all owners have been notified and the seats have been replaced in the affected vehicles. |
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