Recall 79V039000: 1979 Mercury Zephyr and 1 other model

Report received

Jan 26, 1979

Manufacturer

Ford motor company

Potentially affected

9,500vehicles

Model years

1979

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

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.

Remedy

The owner has the option of affixing the supplied labels himself or bringing the vehicle in to the dealer to have them affixed.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 1979 Ford Fairmont0 complaints
• 1979 Mercury Zephyr1 complaints