{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1990148 (Westank), 1989 to 1990: Brakes",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1990148/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1990148, WESTANK SEMI-TRAILER, 1990-09-21. THE MIDLAND AIR BRAKE SYSTEM VALVES ON THESE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE FAILURE AS A RESULT.",
  "excerpt": "Westank Semi-Trailer. Published by Transport Canada as 1990148 on 21 September 1990. System: Brakes. What the notice says The midland air brake system valves on these vehicles may experience failure as a result of hydrogen induced embrittlement of the valve fasteners. valve failure would result in loss of air pressure to the extent that the emergency spring brakes would apply and/or loss of service brake capability would occur on … 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 MIDLAND AIR BRAKE SYSTEM VALVES ON THESE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE FAILURE AS A RESULT OF HYDROGEN INDUCED EMBRITTLEMENT OF THE VALVE FASTENERS. VALVE FAILURE WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE EMERGENCY SPRING BRAKES WOULD APPLY AND/OR LOSS OF SERVICE BRAKE CAPABILITY WOULD OCCUR ON ONE OR MORE AXLES SERVICED BY THE DEFECTIVE VALVE. FAILURE MODE IS DEPENDENT ON THE TYPE OF VALVE WHICH FAILS (TRAILER RELAY EMERGENCY VALVE, SERVICE EMERGENCY RELAY VALVE, TRAILER SPRING BRAKE CONTROL VALVE). CORRECTION: VALVES WILL BE INSPECTED AND SUSPECT VALVES REPLACED. 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 s",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:24:43+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:24:43+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1990148 (Westank), 1989 to 1990: Brakes\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1990148/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}