Emissions Recall?

[RCSignals]

This may only effect SOHC engines, I'm not sure

http://www.blueovalnews.com/2003/cars/cv.recall.exhaust.072803.htm

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<br /> <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><span lang="EN-AU"><B>Panthers Built, Serviced With Wrong Exhaust/Emissions Parts</B></span></FONT></CENTER>
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<br /> <P><FONT FACE="Arial">28 July 03<BR>
<br /> </FONT>Robert
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<br /> <P><FONT FACE="Arial">Ford Motor Company built certain vehicles based on the "Panther" platform with incorrect emission/exhaust parts. The vehicles were built at the St. Thomas Assembly plant from 08 August 2000 through 04 April 2003. Vehicles based on the Panther platform include the Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car.</FONT>
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<br /> <P><FONT FACE="Arial">Further, dealerships servicing the vehicles may have replaced components with incorrect ones due to a Ford Customer Service parts book catalog error.
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<br /> <P><FONT FACE="Arial">In some states, the vehicle must be repaired with the correct parts or the vehicle registration may not be renewed.</FONT>
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<br /> <P><FONT FACE="Arial">To find out if your vehicle was built or serviced with the incorrect parts, contact </FONT><A HREF="mailto:drettig@ford.com"><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#0000CC">Dave Rettig</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#0000CC"> </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000">at Ford World Headquarters (313) 323-1289</FONT>
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<br /> <P><FONT FACE="Arial">Updates at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.blue*oval*news.com" TARGET="_blank"><FONT FACE="Arial">blue*oval*news.com</FONT></A>
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[TripleTransAm]

Now the big question is... would we (as performance enthusiasts) *prefer* the wrong parts, if you get my drift? Wish we knew what parts they were talking about, and why they cause a problem.

[Bowman9]

I shot of an email to the link giving in the above article, but have not received a responce yet.

Bowman 9

[Murader03]

The problem here is which cars? Do all the cars produced during those dates have the bad parts? How are we, the poor consumer to tell? Not enough information here to preclude what, and who has the bad equipment.......

[LincMercLover]

I'm doubting this is a concern for us 4Ver's.

[RoyLPita]

From what I saw from my sources at work, this recall only pertains to the police interceptors. However, if you would like to know if your "Panther" platform car (MM or not) applies, feel free to PM me with your full VIN (MM owners only need to give me the last 9, the 1st 8 are the same). I will run it through Ford's OASIS and let you know.

Brian

[RCSignals]

Originally posted by Bowman9
I shot of an email to the link giving in the above article, but have not received a responce yet.

Bowman 9

Did you get a response yet?