Harley-Davidson Super Glide (Fxr), Sportster 1000 (Xl). Published by Transport Canada as 1982059 on 14 July 1982. System: Brakes.
What the notice says The rear hydraulic brake system might be capable of generating excessive pressure which could exceed the burst strangth of the rear brake caliper. The caliper could fracture without prior warning leading to a total loss of rear brake and could result in a vehicle crash.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1982059
- Recall date
- 14 July 1982
- Make
- Harley-Davidson
- Models
- Super Glide (fxr), Sportster 1000 (xl)
- Model years
- 1982
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 499
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
The rear hydraulic brake system might be capable of generating excessive pressure which could exceed the burst strangth of the rear brake caliper. The caliper could fracture without prior warning leading to a total loss of rear brake and could result in a vehicle crash.
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 1982059.
Harley-Davidson elsewhere in this register
Harley-Davidson is named on 145 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1982028 · 15 March 1982 · Super Glide (fx), Electra Glide (fl) · Not Entered
- 1982001 · 5 January 1982 · Electra Glide (fl), Super Glide (fx) · Not Entered
- 1981041 · 31 March 1981 · Electra Glide (flh) · Not Entered
- 1980162 · 28 November 1980 · Tour Glide (flt) · Other
- 1980163 · 28 November 1980 · Tour Glide (flt) · Other
- 1980153 · 17 November 1980 · Tour Glide (flt) · Electrical
- 1980150 · 14 November 1980 · Tour Glide (flt) · Electrical
- 1980151 · 14 November 1980 · Wide Glide (fxwg) · Brakes
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1982098 · 10 December 1982 · Jimmy, C Series, Blazer · Brakes
- 1983003 · 11 January 1983 · C Series · Brakes
- 1983030 · 17 March 1983 · B Series, F Series, L Series · Brakes
- 1981106 · 16 October 1981 · B Series, F Series · Brakes
- 1981006 · 19 January 1981 · 440 P/R, 440 P/S, 340 P/R · Brakes
- 1981004 · 14 January 1981 · C Series, K Series · Brakes
Reading this against the source
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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 Harley-Davidson: 145 in the register, and 102 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1982.
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