| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 31190 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCURY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000003992000010362000000045 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: MARQUIS | Model Year: 1982 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 82V135000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SUSPENSION:REAR | Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1981 | End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 01 1981 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 4361 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jan, 18 1983 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company | Report Received Date: Dec, 28 1982 |
| Record Creation date : Jan, 17 1983 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : The lower control arms may have been manufactured from steel with material thickness below the minimum specifications for police duty. this could lead to cracks developing in the control arms, and eventually, the possibility of fracture of an arm. | Consequence Summary: |
| Corrective Summary : The dealer will install new rear suspension lower control arms on both sides of the vehicle without charge. | Recall Notes: Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped for police duty.system: rear suspension; lower control arms.consequences of defect: fracture can occur without prior warning and couldadversely affect vehicle steering control. under certain circumstances,particularly in high speed pursuit driving, fracture of a control arm maycreate the potential for a vehicle accident. |
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