Frontal impact compliance status

Ford - Revision 7

Last updated 28 April 2006 - revisions are in bold.

The table below lists the frontal impact compliance status of some Class MA Ford vehicles first registered new in the Australian and Japanese markets.

You must read Infosheet 1.67 in conjunction with this information.

Important: Some Ford Freda vehicles do not meet an approved frontal impact standard. If you have one of these please read this important notice relating to these vehicles.

Model	Model code	Country of manufacture	Comply with a NZ approved frontal impact standard?		Which ones?
			Yes	No
Falcon		Australia	Some		Only if they have a VIN that has an 11thcharacter* that is a T, V, W, X, Y, 1, or 2, or if the 11thdigit is an "S" and the vehicle has an ADR approval plate number of 10241, 10242, 10243 or 10244.
Festiva	D23PF	Korea	Some		From D23PF-200229 onwards
	D25PF		Some		From D25PF-200011 onwards
Focus		Europe	Some		Only if they have a VIN that has an 11thcharacter*that is a Y, 1, or 2.
Galaxy		Europe		No	-
Ka		Europe	Some		Only if they have a VIN that has an 11thcharacter* that is an X, Y, 1, or 2.
Laser	BHA3PF	Japan	Yes		All
	BHA5PF		Yes		All
	BHA5SF		Yes		All
	BHA6RF		Yes		All
	BHA7PF		Yes		All
	BHA7RF		Yes		All
	BHA8PF		Yes		All
	BHA8SF		Yes		All
Laser	BHALPF		Yes		All
	BHALSF		Yes		All
	BJ3PF		Yes		All
	BJ5PF		Yes		All
	BJ5WF		Yes		All
	BJ8WF		Yes		All
	BJEPF		Yes		All
Mondeo		Europe	Some		Only if they have a VIN that has an 11thcharacter* that is an R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, 1, or 2.
Probe		USA	Some		Only if they have a VIN that has a 10thcharacter* that is an R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, 1, or 2.
Taurus		USA	Some		Only if they have a VIN that has a 10thcharacter* that is a T, V, W, X, Y, 1, or 2.
Telstar	CG2PPF	Japan	Yes		All
	CG2SPF		Yes		All
	CG2SRF		Yes		All
Telstar Wagon	GV8WF	Japan	Some		From GV8WF-203034 onwards
	GVERF		Some		From GVERF-301592 onwards
	GVEWF		Yes		All
	GVFRF		Some		From GVFRF-200452 onwards
	GVFWF		Some		From GVFWF-300407 onwards

Note:  For vehicles manufactured in the USA the 10th character of the VIN denotes the model year as per the table below.

For vehicles manufactured in Australia and Europe the 11th character of the VIN denotes the year of manufacture, as per the table below.

VIN character	Year
R	1994
S	1995
T	1996
V	1997
W	1998
X	1999
Y	2000
1	2001
2	2002

 

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Last updated: 28 April 2006