Yamaha Sr540, Ss440, Srx440. Published by Transport Canada as 1981083 on 21 July 1981. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says Cracking at the top of the fuel tank is possible, due to the suction pipe cap being overtightened. leakage of fuel could result when the tank is filled to capacity or if the snowmobile is tilted on its side.
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
- 1981083
- Recall date
- 21 July 1981
- Make
- Yamaha
- Models
- Sr540, SS440, SRX440
- Model years
- 1980 to 1981
- Vehicle class
- Snowmobile
- System
- Fuel System
- Vehicles affected
- 5,631
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
CRACKING AT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK IS POSSIBLE, DUE TO THE SUCTION PIPE CAP BEING OVERTIGHTENED. LEAKAGE OF FUEL COULD RESULT WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED TO CAPACITY OR IF THE SNOWMOBILE IS TILTED ON ITS SIDE.
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 1981083.
Yamaha elsewhere in this register
Yamaha is named on 146 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1982070 · 14 September 1982 · Bravo (br250f) · Steering
- 1980081 · 12 May 1980 · Sr250 · Not Entered
- 1980045 · 31 March 1980 · XS400, XS750, XS650 · Not Entered
- 1983050 · 31 May 1983 · Ytm200, Ytm225 · Suspension
- 1983052 · 1 June 1983 · Riva (xc180k) · Brakes
- 1984018 · 30 January 1984 · Phazer (pz480h) · Engine
- 1984145 · 14 November 1984 · Ytz250, Ytm225 · Other
- 1977161 · 16 February 1978 · XS750 · Not Entered
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1981009 · 19 January 1981 · Motorhome · Fuel System
- 1982019 · 9 February 1982 · Sunflyer, Chieftain · Fuel System
- 1982061 · 22 July 1982 · Camaro, Trans Am · Fuel System
- 1983006 · 13 January 1983 · Econoline · Fuel System
- 1979112 · 29 June 1979 · 100 Series, 200 Series · Fuel System
- 1979058 · 26 March 1979 · Motorhome · Fuel System
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 Yamaha: 146 in the register, and 122 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1981.
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