Mercury Preliminary Evaluation PE89039: PARKING BRAKE FAILURE

1982 Mercury Cougar

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE

Parking Brake

Summary
Summary:the spring under investigation causes the latching pawl toengage the teeth of the ratchet whereby the parking brake is retainedin the applied position.if the spring fails, the pedal follows theoperators foot back up into the released position.Ford states that it issued the bulletin in order to inform dealersthat the spring was newly available as a separate part.previously, it was necessary to replace the entire parking brake control assembly inorder to obtain a new spring.since the failure of the spring will not cause the parking brake tosuddenly and unexpectedly release and since there is adequate warningof the failure, no safety defect trend was found.===

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Date Opened
FEB 09, 1989
Date Closed
JUN 13, 1989
NHTSA Recall #
No recall issued
  • Status:
    CLOSED
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