What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1978097
- Recall date
- 20 September 1978
- Make
- Hutchinson
- Models
- Tank Trailer
- Model years
- 1974 to 1978
- Vehicle class
- Heavy Trailer
- Vehicles affected
- 15
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH EATON TRAILER ATNILOCK AIR VALVES. INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE AIR VALVES MAY BE EXPOSED TO FLUID CONTAMINANTS CAUSING THE ANTI-LOCK AIR VALVE PISTON TO STOCK. THIS CONDITION WOULD SHUT OFF AIR SUPPLY TO THE BRAKE CHAMBERS RESULTING IN NO BRAKE APPLICATION ON THE AFFECTED AXLE. VEHICLES WERE SOLD IN ONTARIO ONLY.
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 1978097.