Recalls › 79V272000

NHTSA recall 79V272000

Visibility › Windshield

Ford Fairmont and 3 more

Reported Dec 27, 197956 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYBuilt May 1, 1979 – May 1, 1979

The defect

Windshields may have been installed on these vehicles without the application of a butyl primer on the mounting surface of the glazing. The primer IS required to ensure adequate retention of the windshield to its opening flange. This constitutes a non-compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 212, "windshield mounting".

The remedy

Dealer will reinstall the windshield correctly without charge to owner.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Ford Fairmont
1979
Ford Granada
1979
Mercury Monarch
1979
Mercury Zephyr
1979

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: visual; windshield retention.consequences of defect: in the event of an accident, the windshield may becomedisplaced and the chances of passenger injury would be increased.