{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1979005 (Ford and 1 more), 1979",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979005/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1979005, FORD, MERCURY PINTO, BOBCAT, 1979-01-09. VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITH THE HAIR PIN CLIP THAT RETAINS THE BRAKE.",
  "excerpt": "Ford Pinto, Bobcat. Published by Transport Canada as 1979005 on 9 January 1979. System: Not Entered. What the notice says Vehicles may have been produced with the hair pin clip that retains the brake master cylinder pushrod to the brake pedal pushrod pin improperly installed or omitted. the lack of this clip could allow the pushrod to disengage from the brake pedal resulting in a loss of barkes. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITH THE HAIR PIN CLIP THAT RETAINS THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER PUSHROD TO THE BRAKE PEDAL PUSHROD PIN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED OR OMITTED. THE LACK OF THIS CLIP COULD ALLOW THE PUSHROD TO DISENGAGE FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL RESULTING IN A LOSS OF BARKES. Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published. 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 1979005 . The Canadian register on this site Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:17:27+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:17:27+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1979005 (Ford and 1 more), 1979\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979005/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}