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Triumph Gt6, Spitfire, Tr6. Published by Transport Canada as 1977139 on 19 January 1978. System: Not Entered.

What the notice says All vehicles could have defective headlight switches which can prevent the headlights from being switched on or off. also, the 1973-76 triumph tr-6 vehicles may have a defective accelerator linkage which could cause the throttle to stick at idle or in the fully open position. in addition, 1971-76 triumph spitfire …

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.

What Transport Canada published

Recall number
1977139
Recall date
19 January 1978
Make
Triumph
Models
GT6, Spitfire, TR6
Model years
1969 to 1976
Vehicle class
Car
Vehicles affected
20,385
Register
Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database

ALL VEHICLES COULD HAVE DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT SWITCHES WHICH CAN PREVENT THE HEADLIGHTS FROM BEING SWITCHED ON OR OFF. ALSO, THE 1973-76 TRIUMPH TR-6 VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DEFECTIVE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE WHICH COULD CAUSE THE THROTTLE TO STICK AT IDLE OR IN THE FULLY OPEN POSITION. IN ADDITION, 1971-76 TRIUMPH SPITFIRE VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED FOR FUEL HOSE LEAKAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

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 Canada recall 1977139.

The Canadian register on this site

Triumph elsewhere in this register

Triumph is named on 85 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.

The same system: Not Entered

882 notices in this register name Not Entered. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.

Reading this against the source

This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.

What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.

This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Triumph: 85 in the register, and 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.

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