{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2016235 (Autocar), 2017: Steering",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016235/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2016235, AUTOCAR XPERT, 2016-05-17. On certain vehicles, the tab lock washers on the rear axle wheel ends may not have been properly.",
  "excerpt": "Autocar Xpert. Published by Transport Canada as 2016235 on 17 May 2016. System: Steering. What the notice says On certain vehicles, the tab lock washers on the rear axle wheel ends may not have been properly bent over the outer spindle nut during assembly. Under certain circumstances, this could cause the spindle nut to loosen and the wheel assembly could separate from the rear axle, increasing the risk of a crash causing … 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. Transport Canada carries this recall as 2016235 , dated 17 May 2016. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V319 , dated 18 May 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, MDTT1601 . Number 2016235 16V319 Dated 17 May 2016 18 May 2016 Register Transport Canada NHTSA The two registers are 1 day apart : the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second. These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two reg",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T10:16:48+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:42:26+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2016235 (Autocar), 2017: Steering\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016235/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}