{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1980003 (Volkswagen), 1980",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1980003/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1980003, VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON, 1980-01-04. THE BOLTS WHICH ATTACH EACH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE FRONT BALL JOINTS TO THE UPPER WISHBONE MAY.",
  "excerpt": "Volkswagen Vanagon. Published by Transport Canada as 1980003 on 4 January 1980. System: Not Entered. What the notice says The bolts which attach each left and right side front ball joints to the upper wishbone may have been improperly torqued. this condition could allow the bolts to loosen and result in ball joint separation from the wishbone. 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. THE BOLTS WHICH ATTACH EACH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE FRONT BALL JOINTS TO THE UPPER WISHBONE MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY TORQUED. THIS CONDITION COULD ALLOW THE BOLTS TO LOOSEN AND RESULT IN BALL JOINT SEPARATION FROM THE WISHBONE. 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 1980003 . The Canadian register on this site Volkswagen is named on 284 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time. 1980042 · 27 March 1980 · Rabbit, Scirocco · Not Entered 1980095 · 27 June 1980 · Vanagon ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:14:18+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:14:18+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1980003 (Volkswagen), 1980\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1980003/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}