Exterior lighting › Headlights › Switch

Mercury Capri

Reported Sep 18, 197992,200 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYBuilt Jul 1, 1970 – Aug 1, 1972

The defect

The headlamp switches on the involved vehicles may fail without warning and cause loss of vehicle instrument and road lights.

The remedy

Dealer will replace the headlamp switch with one of a corrected design.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Mercury Capri

1971 1972

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: lighting and communications; headlamps.consequences of defect: loss of headlights while while driving at night or insevere weather conditions could occur without prior warning and could result inan accident.

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