Recall 99V243000: 1998 Mercury Mystique and 1 other model

Report received

Sep 8, 1999

Manufacturer

Ford motor company

Potentially affected

280,481vehicles

Model years

1998

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

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The air bag sensor wiring pigtail insulation can become brittle and crack over time due to accumulation of water in the pigtail protective convolute in combination with high underhood temperatures related to the routing of the wiring pigtail near the radiator. This can result in environmental stress cracking of the insulation.

Possible consequence

In some cases, the air bag warning light can illuminate and the air bag supplemental restraint system disabled.

Remedy

Dealers will install air bag sensors with revised wiring insulation. In addition, vehicles which have the air bag warning light illuminated will have a new air bag diagnostic monitor installed.

Affected model years

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

• 1998 Ford Contour846 complaints
• 1998 Mercury Mystique231 complaints