Chevrolet K Series, C Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1978078 on 22 August 1978. System: Wheels.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with spare tires. The nut on the spare tire assembly carrier support bolt may break and allow the tire and wheel assembly to separate from the vehicle. Should this occur whiel the vehicle is in motion, the tire and wheel assembly could roll and/or bounce in an uncontrolled manner …
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
- 1978078
- Recall date
- 22 August 1978
- Make
- Chevrolet, GMC
- Models
- K Series, C Series
- Model years
- 1978
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Wheels
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 17,222
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with spare tires. The nut on the spare tire assembly carrier support bolt may break and allow the tire and wheel assembly to separate from the vehicle. Should this occur whiel the vehicle is in motion, the tire and wheel assembly could roll and/or bounce in an uncontrolled manner endangering other vehicles and/or pedestrians.
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 1978078.
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.
- 1978070 · 14 August 1978 · Parisienne, Bel Air, Impala · Not Entered
- 1978060 · 13 July 1978 · J7500, M6500, C6500 · Brakes
- 1978058 · 12 July 1978 · P Series · Lights And Instruments
- 1978118 · 23 October 1978 · P Series · Fuel System
- 1978119 · 23 October 1978 · P Series · Label
- 1978127 · 1 November 1978 · Te60, Te65 · Not Entered
- 1978128 · 17 November 1978 · Chevette, Acadian · Not Entered
- 1978035 · 25 May 1978 · Lemans, Grand Am, Monte Carlo · Not Entered
The same system: Wheels
194 notices in this register name Wheels. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1978021 · 3 May 1978 · 3 Series, 5 Series · Wheels
- 1977060 · 22 September 1977 · Gl1000 · Wheels
- 1976019 · 11 February 1976 · C Series · Wheels
- 1975090 · 4 September 1975 · P Series, C Series · Wheels
- 1984059 · 16 April 1984 · D200, W200, W300 · Wheels
- 1984102 · 14 September 1984 · R80/7, R75/7, R60/7 · Wheels
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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