Recall Register

1973 Mercury Capri: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1973 Mercury Capri. The newest campaign is 79V268000. NHTSA received the report on 20 Dec 1979. The NHTSA record gives the component Seats / Front Assembly / Recliner. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 79V268000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will make the necessary structural modifications to the driver"s side seat back.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Since the last update

No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks

All updates to the register

Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 612,000 units in total.

  1. 79V268000Received . 152,000 units.

    Seats / Front Assembly / Recliner

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The reclining seat assemblies may have a poor quality or a missing weld in the seat back frame. This could cause additional loading on other supportive elements in the seat which could result in loosening and eventual breakage of the seat back.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will make the necessary structural modifications to the driver"s side seat back.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 79V269000Received . 273,000 units.

    Power Train / Manual Transmission / Floor Shift Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The gear shift selector lever may break during shifting.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the gear shift levers on all affected vehicles without charge to owners.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 78V176000Received . 187,000 units.

    Visibility / Windshield Wiper/Washer / Linkages

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The wiper arms could separate from the pivot shafts, rendering the wipers inoperative.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the windshield wiper arms, pivot assemblies and certain wiper linkage components without charge to owner.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19716
  2. 19725
  3. 19733
  4. 19746
  5. 19752
  6. 19762
  7. 19771
  8. 19795
  9. 19811
  10. 19831
  11. 19843
  12. 19852
  13. 19912
  14. 19921
  15. 19931
  16. 19941

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1973 Mercury Capri: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercury/capri/1973/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1973 Mercury Capri?
612,000 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mercury Capri have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 26 recall campaigns for the Mercury Capri, model years 1971 to 1994. 3 of them name the 1973 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1973 Mercury Capri open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.