1997 Mercury Tracer defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1997 Mercury Tracer. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• WATER INTRUSION INTO AIRBAG MONITOR
  Engineering Analysis EA02008 · opened Jun 10, 2002 · closed Dec 11, 2002 · led to recall 02V323000

  By letter of december 6, 2002, ford notified the agency that it would conduct a safety recall on all 1997 ford escort and mercury tracer vehicles.ford found that electrical shorting of the integrated air bag monitor (iabm)due to liquid intrusion of water or engine coolant can occur in the subject vehicles.ford and linc…

• INTEGRATED AIR BAG MONITOR WATER
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02010 · opened Jan 30, 2002 · closed Jun 10, 2002