Chevrolet J7500, M6500, C6500, D9500, H9500, M9500. Published by Transport Canada as 1978060 on 13 July 1978. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Truck and school bus chassis equipped with air brakes. some eaton anti-lock controllers may malfunction preventing application of the brakes on the axle involved. this condition could lead to increased stopping distances, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
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
- 1978060
- Recall date
- 13 July 1978
- Make
- Chevrolet, GMC
- Models
- J7500, M6500, C6500, D9500, H9500, M9500, T6500, H7500, F9500, J9500, S6500
- Model years
- 1975 to 1976
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Vehicles affected
- 67
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
TRUCK AND SCHOOL BUS CHASSIS EQUIPPED WITH AIR BRAKES. SOME EATON ANTI-LOCK CONTROLLERS MAY MALFUNCTION PREVENTING APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES ON THE AXLE INVOLVED. THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
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 1978060.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1978058 · 12 July 1978 · P Series · Lights And Instruments
- 1978070 · 14 August 1978 · Parisienne, Bel Air, Impala · Not Entered
- 1978078 · 22 August 1978 · K Series, C Series · Wheels
- 1978035 · 25 May 1978 · Lemans, Grand Am, Monte Carlo · Not Entered
- 1978026 · 10 May 1978 · C Series · Suspension
- 1978015 · 27 April 1978 · G Series · Fuel System
- 1978118 · 23 October 1978 · P Series · Fuel System
- 1978119 · 23 October 1978 · P Series · Label
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
- 1978020 · 3 May 1978 · M4424, M3824, C4424 · Brakes
- 1978014 · 26 April 1978 · Sportster 1000 (xlh) · Brakes
- 1978112 · 18 October 1978 · Loadstar · Brakes
- 1979020 · 31 January 1979 · C Series · Brakes
- 1979102 · 8 June 1979 · Sportster 1000 (xlch), Sportster 1000 (xlh), Low Rider (fxs) · 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: Canadian recalls on a Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
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