Exterior lighting

Mercury Sable

Reported Dec 12, 198822,000 vehicles affectedFORD MOTOR COMPANYBuilt Aug 1, 1988 – Oct 1, 1988

The defect

Front side marker lamps were unintentionally equipped with clear bulbs, instead of amber colored bulbs as specified in fmvss 108.

The risk

Vehicles would not comply with standard.

The remedy

Replace clear bulbs with amber colored bulbs.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Mercury Sable

1989

Notes

System: front side marker lamps/fmvss 108.vehicle description: passenger cars.

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