Recall 96V176000: 1996 Mercury Sable and 2 other models

Report received

Sep 18, 1996

Manufacturer

Ford motor company

Potentially affected

340,000vehicles

Model years

1996

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 automatic transmission park pawl shaft may not be free to rotate as intended. If the park pawl shaft does not rotate, it would prevent the park pawl from engaging the park gear when the shift lever is in the park position.

Possible consequence

This condition could result in the vehicle rolling as if in neutral with the shift lever in the park position.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect the park pawl shaft rotation and those shafts with restricted rotation will be replaced with a shorter shaft that will not restrict rotation.

Affected model years

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

• 1996 Ford Taurus825 complaints
• 1996 Lincoln Continental48 complaints
• 1996 Mercury Sable304 complaints