| NHTSA Record Id: 20433 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCURY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000006432000010416000000309 |
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| Model Name: SABLE |
Model Year: 1992 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 92V065000 |
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| Component Name: WHEELS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 01 1985 |
End date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1992 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 654000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : May, 15 1992 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company |
Report Received Date: May, 11 1992 |
| Record Creation date : May, 20 1992 |
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| Defect Summary : Children can accidentally lock themselves in the footwell area of the rear-facing third seat, or in the storage compartment in station wagons not equipped with an optional third seat. once the compartment is closed it cannot be opened from the inside. |
Consequence Summary: There is a danger of air deprivation, hyperthermia,and/or panic response to a child who has locked himself or herself into thecompartment, with the possibility of asphyxiation. |
| Corrective Summary : Replace the self-latching assembly currently used in the rear storage compartment with a latch assembly that can only be closed with a key. |
Recall Notes: System: structure: storage compartments.vehicle description: passenger cars (station wagons).note: ford will have sufficient quantities of the new latch assemblies availableto begin the replacement recall in july, 1992. until the latch assembly isreplaced, ford recommends owners lock the storage compartment when not in use.also, ford advises that the latch striker can be removed to disable the currentlatch until revised latch assemblies are available. |
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