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NHTSA recall 77V170000

Power train › Automatic transmission › Lever and linkage › Column shift

Ford Fairmont and 1 more

Reported Oct 12, 197741,000 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANY

The defect

On some of the involved vehicles, the transmission parking pawl may not engage the parking gear when the transmission selector lever IS placed in the "park" position. This condition IS attributable to excessive free play in the transmission shift linkage adjustment.

The remedy

Dealer will inspect and properly adjust the shift linkage, at no charge.

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Vehicles in this recall

Ford Fairmont
1978
Mercury Zephyr
1978

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with automatic transmissionsand steering column-mounted shift controls.system: power train; parking pawl.consequences of defect: if the condition were to occur on a vehicle on whichthe driver had not engaged the parking brake, the vehicle could roll free andcause property damage and personal injury.