Reported Jan 15, 197912 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYBuilt Aug 1, 1978 – Sep 1, 1978
The defect
The involved vehicles do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 212, "windshield mounting", in that some of the vehicles were built without the specified windshield weatherstrip retaining components.
The remedy
The dealer will install the windshield weatherstrip retaining components at no cost to owner.
Vehicle description: trucks.system: visual; windshield components.consequences of defect: the omission of a windshield mounting increases thepossibility that the windshield may not be properly retained within the cabduring a frontal impact which can result in personal injury.