{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2016504 (Autocar), 2015 to 2017: Steering",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016504/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2016504, AUTOCAR XSPOTTER, XPERT, 2016-10-13. On certain vehicles, the steering linkage castle nuts may not have been tightened to.",
  "excerpt": "Autocar Xspotter, Xpert. Published by Transport Canada as 2016504 on 13 October 2016. System: Steering. What the notice says On certain vehicles, the steering linkage castle nuts may not have been tightened to specification. If the castle nuts were to come completely loose, the steering linkage could separate without warning. This could result in a loss of steering control, Increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to … 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 2016504 , dated 13 October 2016. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V723 , dated 7 October 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, MDTT1602 . Number 2016504 16V723 Dated 13 October 2016 7 October 2016 Register Transport Canada NHTSA The two registers are 6 days apart : the American entry is dated first, the Canadian 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",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T10:16:49+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:42:27+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2016504 (Autocar), 2015 to 2017: Steering\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016504/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}