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NHTSA recall 77V045000

Latches/locks/linkages › Doors › Latch

Ford Maverick and 1 more

Reported Apr 5, 19772,751 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANY

The defect

The involved vehicles may have been built with left door lock assemblies that contain pawl spring retainers that were not produced to engineering specifications. Consequently, the spring could break, causing the latch pawl to disengage from the latch cam.

The remedy

Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, install a new pawl spring and correct the flange alignment, without charge.

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Vehicles in this recall

Ford Maverick
1977
Mercury Comet
1977

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: structure; door assembly, latches and hooks.consequences of defect: should disengagement occur while vehicle IS in motion,the door could open and a passenger could fall from the vehicle and beseriously injured.