{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1987141 (Mack), 1987: Steering",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1987141/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1987141, MACK MH, 1987-12-29. VEHICLES WITH SHEPPARD STEERING GEAR WERE MANUFACTURED WITH AN INCORRECT PITMAN ARM TO DRAG LINK ANGLE.",
  "excerpt": "Mack Mh. Published by Transport Canada as 1987141 on 29 December 1987. System: Steering. What the notice says Vehicles with sheppard steering gear were manufactured with an incorrect pitman arm to drag link angle due to a misplaced pitman arm timing mark. in a full right hand turn with the left hand wheel unsupported, the steering linkage could go into a toggle condition resulting in a slow wheel return. this could impair … 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. VEHICLES WITH SHEPPARD STEERING GEAR WERE MANUFACTURED WITH AN INCORRECT PITMAN ARM TO DRAG LINK ANGLE DUE TO A MISPLACED PITMAN ARM TIMING MARK. IN A FULL RIGHT HAND TURN WITH THE LEFT HAND WHEEL UNSUPPORTED, THE STEERING LINKAGE COULD GO INTO A TOGGLE CONDITION RESULTING IN A SLOW WHEEL RETURN. THIS COULD IMPAIR STEERING CONTROL AND POSSIBLY LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. MISMARKED PITMAN ARMS WILL BE REPLACED. NOTE: NO VEHICLES LOCATED IN CANADA. 24-06-88. 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 ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:14:23+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:14:23+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1987141 (Mack), 1987: Steering\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1987141/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}