| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 31365 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: FORD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000003889000006148000000143 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: RANGER | Model Year: 1983 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 82V033000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 01 1982 | End date of Manufacturing: Feb, 01 1982 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 24 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : May, 03 1982 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company | Report Received Date: Apr, 12 1982 |
| Record Creation date : Apr, 23 1982 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : On the involved vehicles, the muffler grass shields were inadvertently omitted during manufacture. without the grass shield, and during certain operating conditions, the muffler surface temperatures could become hot enough to exceed specified standards and create the potential for igniting tall grasses if they were present beneath a standing vehicle. | Consequence Summary: |
| Corrective Summary : Dealer will install grass shields on all affected vehicles at no cost to owner. | Recall Notes: Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with high altitude engineemission systems.system: fuel; muffler grass shields.consequences of defect: a fire could start resulting in vehicle damage andserious personal injury. |
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