What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1977185
- Recall date
- 15 March 1978
- Make
- Jeep
- Models
- CJ5, CJ7
- Model years
- 1978
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 90
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL STEERING. THE COUPLING THAT ATTACHES THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT TO THE STEERING GEAR MAY HAVE OVERSIZED SERRATIONS WHICH COULD PREVENT THE COUPLING FROM BEING PROPERLY TIGHTENED ON THE STEERING GEAR SHAFT. THE COUPLING COULD SLIP ALLOWING EXCESSIVE STEERING FREE PLAY AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
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 1977185.