| NHTSA Record Id: 9603 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCURY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009323000203096000000294 |
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| Model Name: COUGAR |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V194000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 99S19 |
| Component Name: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 16 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 30 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 159565 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 17 1999 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company |
Report Received Date: Jul, 20 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Jul, 21 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the accelerator cable may have been manufactured with a burr on or near the end of the cable sleeve interior. this burr could fray the core wire resulting in the accelerator not returning to idle when the accelerator is released. |
Consequence Summary: This condition can result in the throttle sticking, binding, or causing high engine rpm. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a revised accelerator cable that has a flared conduit sleeve end and molded on end fitting. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began august 17, 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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