Ford Seat Belts: Anchorage

Ford is recalling about 80,402 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts.

Campaign
76V180000
Manufacturer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Reported
9 November 1976
Vehicles
80,402
Built between
Not published
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 December 1976
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 1976-1977 Ford Granada
  • 1976-1977 Mercury Monarch

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA9 November 1976
  2. Owners notified11 December 1976

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 9 November 1976.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Safety standard
FMVSS 210
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Ford campaign no 214.POSSIBILITY that the shoulder belt anchorage on vehiclesequipped with the continuous loop system may not withstand the specified loadrequirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard NO.210.THIS conditionresults from misalignment of the shoulder harness body pillar "d" ring anchornut from the design position during assembly.the result could cause tearingof sheet metal at the attachment of anchor nut causing separation from thepillar under load less than required by the standard.(correct by reinforcingeach of the pillars at point of attachment of anchor).passenger vehicle.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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