{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1983066 (Dorsey and 1 more), 1976 to 1981: Brakes",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1983066/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1983066, DORSEY, LITEGUARD GOLDEN DRY FREIGHT SEMI-TRAILER, REEFER SEMI-TRAILER, 1983-07-29. THE SPRING BRAKE CHAMBERS CAN CORRODE.",
  "excerpt": "Dorsey Golden Dry Freight Semi-Trailer, Reefer Semi-Trailer. Published by Transport Canada as 1983066 on 29 July 1983. System: Brakes. What the notice says The spring brake chambers can corrode internally. extreme corrosion could cause the cap of the chamber to fracture allowing the coil spring in the chanber to release. this could cause severe injuries if a person is close to the brake at the time of failure. 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 SPRING BRAKE CHAMBERS CAN CORRODE INTERNALLY. EXTREME CORROSION COULD CAUSE THE CAP OF THE CHAMBER TO FRACTURE ALLOWING THE COIL SPRING IN THE CHANBER TO RELEASE. THIS COULD CAUSE SEVERE INJURIES IF A PERSON IS CLOSE TO THE BRAKE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. 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 1983066 . The Canadian register on this site Dorsey is named on 4 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:49:40+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:49:40+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1983066 (Dorsey and 1 more), 1976 to 1981: Brakes\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1983066/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}