{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1984038 (Subaru), 1980: Steering",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1984038/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1984038, SUBARU DL, GL, 1984-03-15. THE STEERING RACK PROTECTIVE BOOT CAN BECOME DISLODGED WHEN IT BECOMES RIGID OR INFLEXIBLE DUE TO.",
  "excerpt": "Subaru Dl, Gl. Published by Transport Canada as 1984038 on 15 March 1984. System: Steering. What the notice says The steering rack protective boot can become dislodged when it becomes rigid or inflexible due to extreme cold temperatures and can slip off the retaining groove of the steering housing. this would subject the steering rack shaft to corrosion in areas of high road salt use and result in stiff or hard steering with … 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 STEERING RACK PROTECTIVE BOOT CAN BECOME DISLODGED WHEN IT BECOMES RIGID OR INFLEXIBLE DUE TO EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES AND CAN SLIP OFF THE RETAINING GROOVE OF THE STEERING HOUSING. THIS WOULD SUBJECT THE STEERING RACK SHAFT TO CORROSION IN AREAS OF HIGH ROAD SALT USE AND RESULT IN STIFF OR HARD STEERING WITH EVENTUAL STEERING RACK SEIZURE. ALL MODELS EXCEPT BRAT MODELS. 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 1984038 . The Canadian register on t",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:09:43+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:09:43+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1984038 (Subaru), 1980: Steering\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1984038/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}