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NHTSA recall 79V039000

Equipment › Other › Labels

Ford Fairmont and 1 more

Reported Jan 26, 19799,500 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYBuilt Aug 1, 1978 – Nov 1, 1978

The defect

The involved vehicles were built with safety compliance certification labels that contained incorrect gvwr and gawr weight information. The gvwr"s could be overstated by up to 197 lbs., due to an error in the reporting of incremental option weights used to derive the gvwr"s and gawr"s.

The remedy

The owner has the option of affixing the supplied labels himself or bringing the vehicle in to the dealer to have them affixed.

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Vehicles in this recall

Ford Fairmont
1979
Mercury Zephyr
1979

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: equipment; certification labels.consequences of defect: if the vehicle IS loaded to the larger ratings, vehiclestopping distances could be increased and a greater rate of tire wear couldresult, with a potential for a vehicle accident.