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Canada/Ottawa: Transport Canada, an Ottawa, Ontario regulatory and safety safety authority, recalls certain MY2015 to MY2019 Ford Lincoln MKC Sport Utility Vehicles (“SUVs”) marketed, sold and delivered in Canada due to possible Battery Monitor Sensor damage made during servicing. In this defect occurs, it could cause the Battery Monitor System to short circuit.
As a result, a short-circuit can increase the risk of a fire, explosion, burns and/or smoke inhalation with consequential life-changing or life-ending results.
==> If you have a medical emergency, please contact 9-1-1, your closest hospital or emergency center equipped to properly treat burns, scalds, explosive blast injury, smoke inhalation and/or respiratory and/or cardiac injury.
==> No VINs, item numbers, manufacturing date codes, production dates, regulatory approval designations, registration numbers, agency approval designations or other identification numbers were listed with this recall notification.
Proposed Remedy:
Ford Canada will notify owners of the recalled MY2015 to MY2019 Ford Lincoln MKC Sport Utility Vehicles (“SUVs”) by mail and advise you to take your vehicle to an Authorized Dealer to install an In-line Fuse for the Battery Monitor Sensor.
==> Owner/operators of the recalled Ford Lincoln MKC SUVs are advised to park outside and away from structures, including garages, carports, sheds and car barns, until the recall repair is successfully completed and certified by the Authorized Dealer.
No manufacturer’s designation was listed for this recall at press time.
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Not relevant to your vehicle? Try here!
You can search Transport Canada’s Database of Motor Vehicle Safety Recalls for your vehicle, tires, accessories or baby car seats by visiting https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng.
French/Français for the Canadian release:
You can also read about this recall in French here (“Transports Canada”):
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/fr/avis-rappel/numero-rappel-transports-canada-2023310-ford
Vous pouvez également lire ce rappel en français ici (“Transports Canada”):
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/fr/avis-rappel/numero-rappel-transports-canada-2023310-ford
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Additional information about this recall:
TC Identification number: RA-73797
Transport Canada ID: 2023310
Recalls Direct RIN: 17352
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More recalls? Back to the main Recalls Direct page:
==> http://www.RecallsDirect.com/
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Visit the Living Safely site:
==> http://www.LivingSafely.org/
Report unsafe vehicles, tires or car seats you purchased in Canada [external: new window opens]:
==> https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/PCDB-BDPP/fc-cp.aspx?lang=eng
Search for a recalled product on the Health Canada Web site [external: new window opens]:
==> http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/index-eng.php
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Filed under: Fire or smoke hazard, Transport Canada, Vehicles | Tagged: Battery Monitor Sensor, crash hazard, fire hazard, Ford Canada, Ford Lincoln MKC Sport Utility Vehicles ("SUVs"), Ford Lincoln MKC SUVs, In-line Fuse failure hazard, Transport Canada, Transports Canada, US Consumer Product Safety Commission |