What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1987141
- Recall date
- 29 December 1987
- Make
- Mack
- Models
- Mh
- Model years
- 1987
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES WITH SHEPPARD STEERING GEAR WERE MANUFACTURED WITH AN INCORRECT PITMAN ARM TO DRAG LINK ANGLE DUE TO A MISPLACED PITMAN ARM TIMING MARK. IN A FULL RIGHT HAND TURN WITH THE LEFT HAND WHEEL UNSUPPORTED, THE STEERING LINKAGE COULD GO INTO A TOGGLE CONDITION RESULTING IN A SLOW WHEEL RETURN. THIS COULD IMPAIR STEERING CONTROL AND POSSIBLY LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. rnMISMARKED PITMAN ARMS WILL BE REPLACED. rnNOTE: NO VEHICLES LOCATED IN CANADA. 24-06-88.
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 1987141.