What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1979008
- Recall date
- 16 January 1979
- Make
- Mack
- Models
- R, Mb, F, Dmm, Rd
- Model years
- 1978
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- Vehicles affected
- 9
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH MACK SH34 OR SH38 BOGIE SUSPENSIONS. THE BEAM HANGER BRACKETS MADE BY SUPERIOR STEEL CASTINGS HAVE LOW MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND EXCESSIVE SHRINKAGE. FAILURE OF ONE OR MORE OF THESE BRACKETS COULD ALLOW THE AXLE HOUSING TO SEPARATE FROM THE SUSPENSION CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
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 1979008.