{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1996020 (Western Star), 1988 to 1995: Structure",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1996020/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1996020, WESTERN STAR CONVENTIONAL, 1996-01-31. Certain trucks may have been built with bare mufflers mounted at the back of the cab.",
  "excerpt": "Western Star Conventional. Published by Transport Canada as 1996020 on 31 January 1996. System: Structure. What the notice says Certain trucks may have been built with bare mufflers mounted at the back of the cab behind air shields. There is no heat shield to protect someone from contacting the hot muffler if they are standing on a deck plate behind the cab. Also, some of these vehicles were equipped with deck plates with no grab handle for … 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. Certain trucks may have been built with bare mufflers mounted at the back of the cab behind air shields. There is no heat shield to protect someone from contacting the hot muffler if they are standing on a deck plate behind the cab. Also, some of these vehicles were equipped with deck plates with no grab handle for access. Correction: Muffler shields and where necessary, grab handles will be installed on affected vehicles. 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 1996020 . The Canadian register on this site Western Star is named on 210 notices in the copy of Tran",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:41:42+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:41:42+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1996020 (Western Star), 1988 to 1995: Structure\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1996020/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}