What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1987139
- Recall date
- 18 December 1987
- Make
- Kenworth
- Models
- Conventional
- Model years
- 1987
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 68
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
INVOLVED VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH GUNITE FRONT AND/OR REAR HUBS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY COOLED DURING MANUFACTURE BY GUNITE. THIS COULD CAUSE THE HUB(S) TO EVENTUALLY CRACK LEADING TO TOTAL FAILURE OF THE HUB AND RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. rnCORRECTION: DEFECTIVE AND SUSPECT HUBS WILL BE REPLACED.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1987139.