What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1980064
- Recall date
- 24 April 1980
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- F-250, F-150, F-350
- Model years
- 1980
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- Vehicles affected
- 2,135
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES PRODUCED AT THE KANSAS CITY ASSEMBLY PLANT. rnVEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITH A MISSING OR IMPROPERLY TORQUED PINCH BOLT AND NUT USED TO ATTACH THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT TO THE STEERING COLUMN. IF THE PINCH BOLT IS MISSING OR HAS DISENGAGED, THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT COULD SLIP RELATIVE TO THE STEERING COLUMN AND EVENTUALLY SEPARATE FROM THE COLUMN RESULTING IN A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
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 1980064.