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NHTSA recall 78V167000

Visibility › Windshield wiper/washer › Linkages

Ford Fairmont and 1 more

Reported Aug 7, 1978400,000 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANY

The defect

The windshield wiper drive linkage on the affected vehicles may fracture due to metal fatigue as a result of repeated flexing of the drive arm across a stress sensitive area. This condition will render the windshield wiper system inoperative.

The remedy

The dealer will install an improved windshield wiper linkage without cost to owner.

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Vehicles in this recall

Ford Fairmont
1978
Mercury Zephyr
1978

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: visual; windshield.consequences of defect: an inoperative windshield wiper system would adverselyaffect driver visibility in poor weather conditions. This could contribute to avehicle accident.