Vehicle recall 77V045000 · April 5, 1977
Mercury Comet and Ford Maverick
The involved vehicles may have been built with left door lock assemblies that contain pawl spring retainers that were not produced to engineering specifications.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- The involved vehicles may have been built with left door lock assemblies that contain pawl spring retainers that were not produced to engineering specifications. Consequently, the spring could break, causing the latch pawl to disengage from the latch cam.
- Remedy
- Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, install a new pawl spring and correct the flange alignment, without charge.
- Notes
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: structure; door assembly, latches and hooks.consequences of defect: should disengagement occur while vehicle is in motion,the door could open and a passenger could fall from the vehicle and beseriously injured.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 77V045000
- Reported to NHTSA
- April 5, 1977
- Filed by
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Owner notification
- May 16, 1977
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 2,751
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Latches/locks/linkages › Doors › Latch
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Ford Maverick (1977): 1977
- Mercury Comet (1977): 1977
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