Subaru Brat. Published by Transport Canada as 1978099 on 28 September 1978. System: Not Entered.
What the notice says The orifice in the evaporative control system may be of incorrect dimensions such that prolonged exposure of the vehicle to strong sunlight would cause an increase in fuel temperature and fuel vapour pressure that could cause the fuel tank to split and leak fuel. chassis number range:
502001 to 502982
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
- 1978099
- Recall date
- 28 September 1978
- Make
- Subaru
- Models
- Brat
- Model years
- 1978
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 981
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE ORIFICE IN THE EVAPORATIVE CONTROL SYSTEM MAY BE OF INCORRECT DIMENSIONS SUCH THAT PROLONGED EXPOSURE OF THE VEHICLE TO STRONG SUNLIGHT WOULD CAUSE AN INCREASE IN FUEL TEMPERATURE AND FUEL VAPOUR PRESSURE THAT COULD CAUSE THE FUEL TANK TO SPLIT AND LEAK FUEL. CHASSIS NUMBER RANGE:
502001 TO 502982
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 1978099.
Subaru elsewhere in this register
Subaru is named on 151 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1979019 · 30 January 1979 · GL, DL, Brat · Engine
- 1979034 · 21 February 1979 · GL, DL · Fuel System
- 1977076 · 14 October 1977 · GL, DL · Structure
- 1980094 · 25 June 1980 · GLF, GL, DL · Visual System
- 1980159 · 21 November 1980 · GL · Seats And Restraints
- 1983020 · 22 February 1982 · GL, GLF, DL · Electrical
- 1982037 · 19 April 1982 · GL, DL · Not Entered
- 1983005 · 12 January 1983 · Brat, GLF, Standard · Electrical
The same system: Not Entered
882 notices in this register name Not Entered. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1978100 · 28 September 1978 · Semi-Trailer · Not Entered
- 1978101 · 2 October 1978 · Road Xpeditor 2, Road Comm. Ii, Road Boss Ii · Not Entered
- 1978117 · 2 October 1978 · Road Boss Ii, Road Xpeditor 2, Road Comm. 2 · Not Entered
- 1978102 · 3 October 1978 · Mustang, Capri · Not Entered
- 1978104 · 3 October 1978 · Ltd · Not Entered
- 1978105 · 4 October 1978 · Econoline, Club Wagon · Not Entered
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 Subaru: 151 in the register, and 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
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