Recall Register

1976 Mercury Monarch: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the 1976 Mercury Monarch. The newest campaign is 78V226000. NHTSA received the report on 17 Oct 1978. The NHTSA record gives the component Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan. 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, 78V226000, in the NHTSA record

The dealer will, where necessary, install a new fan free of charge.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

5 campaigns, newest first. 646,142 units in total.

  • 78V226000Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan
  • 76V183000Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Upper Arm
  • 76V180000Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage
  • 76V067000Vehicle Speed Control / Cables
  • 75V176000Suspension

  1. 78V226000Received . 120,000 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The engine cooling fan blades may crack under high speed operating conditions. Fragments may separate and damage the engine components, and if the hood is open and the engine is running, blade fragments could fly out from the vehicle and injure nearby persons.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will, where necessary, install a new fan free of charge.

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

  2. 76V183000Received . 34,160 units.

    Suspension / Front / Control Arm / Upper Arm

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

  3. 76V180000Received . 80,402 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage

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

  4. 76V067000Received . 410,580 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control / Cables

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

  5. 75V176000Received . 1,000 units.

    Suspension

    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. 19753
  2. 19765
  3. 19774
  4. 19781
  5. 19793

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. 1976 Mercury Monarch: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercury/monarch/1976/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1976 Mercury Monarch?
646,142 units in 5 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mercury Monarch have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 13 recall campaigns for the Mercury Monarch, model years 1975 to 1979. 5 of them name the 1976 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1976 Mercury Monarch open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.