1979 Mercury Zephyr
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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These records cover every 1979 Mercury Zephyr. To see whether one car still needs a recall repair, decode its VIN or check it with NHTSA.
Recalls
4 recalls name the 1979 Mercury Zephyr. Newest first.
Certain federal-mogul aftermarket fuel pumps sold under the brand names of carter, accuflow, napa, truflow, parts depo, and parts master, shipped between august 2006 and july 2007 for use on the vehicles listed above. the fuel pump diaphragm in certain production runs may have been improperly installed or inadequately tested which may cause the fuel pump…
Risk and remedy
Risk
A leaking fuel pump could create a vehicle fire hazard.
Remedy
Federal-mogul will notify owners and replace the defective fuel pumps free of charge. the recall began on october 15, 2007. owners can contact federal-mogul at 248-354-7700.
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".
Risk and remedy
Remedy
Dealer will reinstall the windshield correctly without charge to owner.
The involved vehicles were produced with brake push-rod to brake pedal retaining pins which were not heat-treated as specified. This could allow the brake pedal to become disengaged from the push-rod.
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.
Risk and remedy
Remedy
The owner has the option of affixing the supplied labels himself or bringing the vehicle in to the dealer to have them affixed.
Owner complaints
1 complaints
Latest complaints
- Fuel system, gasoline › Delivery › Fuel pump
Owner has tried several models of gas filters that would leak severely onto engine.tt consumer stated that fuel filter has been replaced three times, each filter leaked at the factory assembly joint.*jb
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