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Lincoln Town Car

Reported Feb 19, 19871,200 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYBuilt Jan 1, 1987 – Jan 1, 1987

The risk

Driver would experience a clunking noise on turns and aloose feeling in the steering wheel; steering control would be maintained.

The remedy

Replace idler arm assembly.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Lincoln Town Car

1987

Notes

System: idler arm brackets.vehicle description: passenger cars.descriptionof defect: idler arm brackets may fracture at the threaded shaftsdue to improper heat treatment.

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