Crane M4424, M3824, C4424, B4414, M4414. Published by Transport Canada as 1978020 on 3 May 1978. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Vehicles have an insufficient air reservoir capacity and do not comply with cmvss 121 - air brake systems. also, the air brake check valve was omitted during production. this omission would cause an automatic and premature application of the rear wheel emergency brakes in the event of a rupture of any air service …
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
- 1978020
- Recall date
- 3 May 1978
- Make
- Crane
- Models
- M4424, M3824, C4424, B4414, M4414
- Model years
- 1976 to 1977
- Vehicle class
- Heavy Trailer
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 73
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES HAVE AN INSUFFICIENT AIR RESERVOIR CAPACITY AND DO NOT COMPLY WITH CMVSS 121 - AIR BRAKE SYSTEMS. ALSO, THE AIR BRAKE CHECK VALVE WAS OMITTED DURING PRODUCTION. THIS OMISSION WOULD CAUSE AN AUTOMATIC AND PREMATURE APPLICATION OF THE REAR WHEEL EMERGENCY BRAKES IN THE EVENT OF A RUPTURE OF ANY AIR SERVICE PRESSURE LINE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM.
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 1978020.
Crane elsewhere in this register
Crane is named on 2 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: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1978034 · 24 May 1978 · Beverage · Brakes
- 1978014 · 26 April 1978 · Sportster 1000 (xlh) · Brakes
- 1978112 · 18 October 1978 · Loadstar · Brakes
- 1979020 · 31 January 1979 · C Series · Brakes
- 1977035 · 15 July 1977 · G Series, P Series · Brakes
- 1977020 · 8 June 1977 · B100, B200, B300 · Brakes
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: 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
Put this notice on your site
A small badge that links here and names the register's reference. It costs one line of HTML and needs no key.
The badge is free to use. It links to this page and nowhere else, and it never shows advertising.
Owners of these cars
No register publishes what happens after the letter. Owners do: tell us, in two taps.
Anonymous: no account, no cookie, nothing you type is stored beyond these choices. Figures appear once 3 owners have answered, and are published with the record under CC BY 4.0.