NHTSA Campaign Id 79V023000; Date: Jan. 15, 1979
1979 Ford F100; 1979 Ford F150; 1979 Ford F250
Component: Visibility:windshield
Manufactured by: Ford Motor Company
Affected Units:: 12
The involved vehicles do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 212, "windshield mounting", in that some of the vehicles were built without the specified windshield weatherstrip retaining components.
The dealer will install the windshield weatherstrip retaining components at no cost to owner.
Vehicle description: trucks. System: visual; windshield components. Consequences of defect: the omission of a windshield mounting increases thepossibility that the windshield may not be properly retained within the cabduring a frontal impact which can result in personal injury.
Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Mar 9, 1979
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