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Recall - Supplement II Drag Link Assembly Replacement
Number:
86S11
May, 1987
To:
Selected North American Ford Product Dealers and Affiliated Ford Motor Companies
Subject:
Safety Recall 86S11 Supplement II (Steering Drag Link Assembly Replacement) - Expansion of Recall to Include Two Additional Days
of E250/350 Production
Reference:
Safety Recall Bulletin 86S11, Dated August, 1986 and Supplemental Bulletin Dated, January, 1987
VEHICLES INVOLVED:
1985 and 1986 E-250/350 Club Wagon and Econoline Vans, Cutaways and Basic Chassis vehicles produced at the Lorain Assembly Plant from March
6, 1985 through May 23, 1986.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLEMENT:
The purpose of this supplemental bulletin is to advise you that Recall 86S11 has been expanded to include two additional days of production (May 22,
1986 and May 23, 1986). According to our records, the expanded production dates will affect the vehicles on the enclosed list which have been delivered
to your dealership. If no vehicle listing in enclosed, you are not involved at this time, and this Service Recall Bulletin is for information only.
NOTIFICATION OF OWNERS/DEALER ACTIONS:
The enclosed list identifies vehicles delivered to your dealership which are involved in this recall supplement. Other eligible vehicles may be brought to
your dealership by their owners for this recall service. Those units also are to be corrected an promptly as possible. If the owner of any eligible vehicle
does not have a Customer Notification and Dealer Claim Form (FED-1864 or FCS-1864), a blank Form 1864 should be completed by you and submitted
for reimbursement. For Dealers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands - To determine vehicle eligibility, please use "CARES".
Vehicle owners whose names and addresses are shown on the enclosed recall listing are being notified by First Class Mail. If you have knowledge that a
suspect vehicle has been sold, but the owner's name and address does not appear
on the listing, please contact the owner immediately and provide him a copy of the owner letter. If the owner of any vehicle cannot be contacted or does
not make an appointment to have his vehicle corrected, advise your supervising Ford location of the owner's name and address so that we can handle
further notification.
Owners in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are being encouraged in the owner letter to ask about any other outstanding recalls on their vehicles
when they contact you to arrange an appointment for this recall service. Dealers in those locations can advise them through use of CARES of other
recalls, if any, that may be uncompleted. You should attempt to complete all open recalls on these vehicles on a single visit by the owner.
DEALER OBLIGATIONS:
Dealers are obligated to perform this recall service promptly following presentation of the vehicle by the owners. United States law requires that we
advise owners in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and certain territories of the procedure to be followed by them in informing the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, if the defect is not corrected without charge within a reasonable time after the vehicle is brought in. This notice is included
in the owner letter (copy attached) to be sent to owners In Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Canal Zone, Guam and the Northern Mariana
Islands. It is also important, however, that you promptly report (to your supervising location or Wixom) any instances in which an owner will not allow
you to complete this recall because of objections to delays in scheduling, or for any other reason.
For any suspect vehicle received and already delivered to an owner, it is imperative that you contact the owner immediately, and advise the owner to
return the vehicle to your dealership without delay for the inspection/correction.
