{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1998045 (Ford), 1998: Suspension",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1998045/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1998045, FORD F-800, F-700, 1998-03-19. AUTOMATIC FRONT WHEEL BEARING ADJUSTING NUTS MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE DURING INSTALLATION.",
  "excerpt": "Ford F-800, F-700. Published by Transport Canada as 1998045 on 19 March 1998. System: Suspension. What the notice says Automatic front wheel bearing adjusting nuts may be susceptible to damage during installation or removal due to incorrect tools or incorrect torque. also, some of the nuts may have been damaged during vehicle assembly. this can result in the nut having the potential to rotate freely and loose torque. in turn this … 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. AUTOMATIC FRONT WHEEL BEARING ADJUSTING NUTS MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE DURING INSTALLATION OR REMOVAL DUE TO INCORRECT TOOLS OR INCORRECT TORQUE. ALSO, SOME OF THE NUTS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING VEHICLE ASSEMBLY. THIS CAN RESULT IN THE NUT HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO ROTATE FREELY AND LOOSE TORQUE. IN TURN THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN FRONT WHEEL SEPARATION. CORRECTION: FRONT WHEEL BEARING ADJUSTING NUTS WILL BE REPLACED WITH CASTLE NUTS AND COTTER PINS. 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 reca",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:20:29+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:20:29+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1998045 (Ford), 1998: Suspension\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1998045/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}