{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1987031 (Freightliner), 1985 to 1987: Electrical",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1987031/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1987031, FREIGHTLINER CONVENTIONAL, 1987-03-04. AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT CAN DEVELOP BETWEEN A POSITIVE BATTERY POST AND THE.",
  "excerpt": "Freightliner Conventional. Published by Transport Canada as 1987031 on 4 March 1987. System: Electrical. What the notice says An electrical short circuit can develop between a positive battery post and the battery retainer frame. the positive battery cable may also chafe on the battery retainer frame and result in a short circuit and possible fire. correction: \"picture frame\" battery retainer will be replaced with \"i-frame\" type battery … 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. AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT CAN DEVELOP BETWEEN A POSITIVE BATTERY POST AND THE BATTERY RETAINER FRAME. THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE MAY ALSO CHAFE ON THE BATTERY RETAINER FRAME AND RESULT IN A SHORT CIRCUIT AND POSSIBLE FIRE. CORRECTION: \"PICTURE FRAME\" BATTERY RETAINER WILL BE REPLACED WITH \"I-FRAME\" TYPE BATTERY RETAINER AND CONVOLUTED TUBING WILL BE INSTALLED OVER POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE. 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 1987031 . ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:58:58+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:58:58+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1987031 (Freightliner), 1985 to 1987: Electrical\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1987031/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}