{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1988089 (Hyundai), 1986: Steering",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1988089/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1988089, HYUNDAI EXCEL, 1988-06-24. NOTE: 5 DOOR MODELS ONLY. THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN U-JOINT (COUPLER) BOLT MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENT.",
  "excerpt": "Hyundai Excel. Published by Transport Canada as 1988089 on 24 June 1988. System: Steering. What the notice says Note: 5 door models only. the lower steering column u-joint (coupler) bolt may have insufficient torque and could loosen. this could result in loss of steering and a vehicle crash without prior warning. correction: lower steering column coupler bolt will be replaced and torqued. 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. NOTE: 5 DOOR MODELS ONLY. THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN U-JOINT (COUPLER) BOLT MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENT TORQUE AND COULD LOOSEN. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CORRECTION: LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER BOLT WILL BE REPLACED AND TORQUED. 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 1988089 . The Canadian register on this site Hyundai is named on 270 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T15:19:10+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T15:19:10+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1988089 (Hyundai), 1986: Steering\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1988089/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}