| NHTSA Record Id: 9809 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MERCURY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009544000203131000000265 |
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| Model Name: SABLE |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V250000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 99S26 |
| Component Name: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 26 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 13 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 25306 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 11 1999 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company |
Report Received Date: Sep, 20 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Sep, 28 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the seat belt retractor may have a pin shaft in the switchable elr/alr mechanism that is incorrectly formed. in some circumstances, the switching mechanism could become nonfunctional, preventing the seat belt webbing from being extracted from the retractor. it is also possible that malfunction of the mechanism could prevent the belt from being switched into the alr mode. the elr mechanism is not affected by this condition. |
Consequence Summary: If the mechanism malfunctions and does not allow the webbing to be extracted, the lap and shoulder belt could not be worn by a vehicle occupant. in the event that the mechanism does not allow the alr mode to be engaged, the operator may be unable to properly install a child seat in that seating position. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect the lap and shoulder belt assemblies. assemblies with julian date codes of 200 through 223 are suspect and will be replaced. |
Recall Notes: Ford recallno. 99s26. owner notification began october 11, 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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