{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1997228 (International), 1997: Engine",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1997228/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1997228, INTERNATIONAL 8200, 8100, 8000, 3800 BUS, 3600 BUS, 2000, 1997-12-22. THE MATERIAL OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ROD IS BRITTLE.",
  "excerpt": "International 8200, 8100, 8000, 3800 Bus, 3600 Bus, 2000. Published by Transport Canada as 1997228 on 22 December 1997. System: Engine. What the notice says The material of the accelerator pedal rod is brittle and may result in a fatigue failure from torsional stress. should the accelerator rod break, the engine would return to idle. this could result in an inability to properly accelerate the vehicle and could result in an accident without prior warning. … 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 MATERIAL OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ROD IS BRITTLE AND MAY RESULT IN A FATIGUE FAILURE FROM TORSIONAL STRESS. SHOULD THE ACCELERATOR ROD BREAK, THE ENGINE WOULD RETURN TO IDLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN AN INABILITY TO PROPERLY ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE AND COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CORRECTION: THE ELECTRONIC ACCELERATOR RODS ON THESE VEHICLES WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEW RODS. 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 C",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T13:54:31+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T13:54:31+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1997228 (International), 1997: Engine\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1997228/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}