{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1979040 (Ford), 1979",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979040/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1979040, FORD L SERIES, 1979-03-08. TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH AIR BRAKES AND PRODUCED AT THE KENTUCKY TRUCK PLANT. SOME CAST ALUMINUM.",
  "excerpt": "Ford L Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1979040 on 8 March 1979. System: Not Entered. What the notice says Trucks equipped with air brakes and produced at the kentucky truck plant. some cast aluminum brake pedal levers may be cracked. if cracking is present, a complete fracture of the pedal lever may occur during repeated braking or high pedal loading. this condition would prevent application of the service brakes only. 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. TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH AIR BRAKES AND PRODUCED AT THE KENTUCKY TRUCK PLANT. SOME CAST ALUMINUM BRAKE PEDAL LEVERS MAY BE CRACKED. IF CRACKING IS PRESENT, A COMPLETE FRACTURE OF THE PEDAL LEVER MAY OCCUR DURING REPEATED BRAKING OR HIGH PEDAL LOADING. THIS CONDITION WOULD PREVENT APPLICATION OF THE SERVICE BRAKES ONLY. 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 1979040 . The Canadian register on this site Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transpor",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:12:43+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:12:43+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1979040 (Ford), 1979\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979040/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}