{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1981022 (John Deere), 1980",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1981022/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1981022, JOHN DEERE LIQUIFIRE 440, 1981-02-12. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF IMPACT OR BENDING A WELD AT THE LOWER END OF THE STEERING.",
  "excerpt": "John Deere Liquifire 440. Published by Transport Canada as 1981022 on 12 February 1981. System: Not Entered. What the notice says Under certain conditions of impact or bending a weld at the lower end of the steering column may fail, resulting in loss of steering. 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. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF IMPACT OR BENDING A WELD AT THE LOWER END OF THE STEERING COLUMN MAY FAIL, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING. 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 1981022 . The Canadian register on this site John Deere is named on 14 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time. 1979206 · 14 December 1979 · Sportfire 340, Trailfire 340, Liquifire 440 · Not Entered 1978137 · 24 November 1978 · Trailfire 440, Trailfire 340, Liquifire 340 · Not Entered 1976144 · 20 January 1977 · Liquifire 440, Cyclone 440, Cyclone 340 · Not Entered 2004353",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:44:31+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:44:31+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1981022 (John Deere), 1980\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1981022/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}