| NHTSA Record Id: 8749 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCURY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009129000203122000000219 |
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| Model Name: MYSTIQUE |
Model Year: 1996 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V103000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 99S14 |
| Component Name: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 20 1995 |
End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 24 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 605581 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 16 1999 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company |
Report Received Date: May, 05 1999 |
| Record Creation date : May, 10 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the terminals at the headlight switch and wiring harness connector can experience heat damage as a result of overheating. |
Consequence Summary: The damage could result in distortion of the terminal causing an open circuit in the instrument panel illumination, parking lamp, and tail lamp circuits. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a headlamp switch wiring connector containing bronze terminals and an inspection, and replacement if necessary, of the headlamp switch. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began july 16, 1999. 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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