Model year record

1976 Mercury Comet

2 recall campaigns on file for this model year. No owner complaints in our copy of the federal file.

Mercury Comet, 1971–1977 generation
Pictured: the 1971–1977 generation. Accord14, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Recalls

Recall campaignNHTSA 76V067000

Vehicle speed control: cables

Component
Vehicle speed control: cables
Manufacturer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Vehicles affected
410,580
Reported to NHTSA
1976-04-29
Owners notified
1976-05-18

Manufacturer remedy

No remedy is listed yet. This typically indicates the manufacturer reported the defect before finalizing a repair procedure.

Recall campaignNHTSA 75V211000

Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system

Component
Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system
Manufacturer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Vehicles affected
22,402
Reported to NHTSA
1975-12-18
Owners notified
1976-01-08

Manufacturer remedy

No remedy is listed yet. This typically indicates the manufacturer reported the defect before finalizing a repair procedure.

Owner complaints

A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.

No complaints in our copy of the federal file for this model year. The daily feed covers recent filings; older history appears only after a full-history rebuild.

Other Mercury Comet model years

All Mercury Comet recalls by year

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.