Ford B Series, F Series, L Series, C Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1983030 on 17 March 1983. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Certain vehicles may have been built with left rear brake assemblies that were incorrectly produced with one or both automatic brake adjusters what were intended for right rear brake assemblies. If a brake assejmbly has an incorrectr adjuster, the adjuster mechanism operates backwards causing lining to drum brake …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1983030
- Recall date
- 17 March 1983
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- B Series, F Series, L Series, C Series
- Model years
- 1982
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 97
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles may have been built with left rear brake assemblies that were incorrectly produced with one or both automatic brake adjusters what were intended for right rear brake assemblies. If a brake assejmbly has an incorrectr adjuster, the adjuster mechanism operates backwards causing lining to drum brake clearances to increase as linings wear. On vehicles with either the standard split or optional single system hydraulic brakes, there may be a decrease in braking performance as linings wear.
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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 1983030.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1983031 · 17 March 1983 · Ranger · Not Entered
- 1983024 · 3 March 1983 · Econoline, Mark Iv, Club Wagon · Not Entered
- 1983036 · 6 April 1983 · C Series, CT Series · Engine
- 1983037 · 7 April 1983 · Thunderbird · Not Entered
- 1983021 · 24 February 1983 · Mustang, Pinto, Bobcat · Not Entered
- 1983018 · 18 February 1983 · Continental, Marquis, Ltd · Not Entered
- 1983019 · 18 February 1983 · B Series, F Series, Ft Series · Electrical
- 1983015 · 11 February 1983 · Escort, Lynx · Not Entered
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.
- 1983003 · 11 January 1983 · C Series · Brakes
- 1982098 · 10 December 1982 · Jimmy, C Series, Blazer · Brakes
- 1984011 · 25 January 1984 · 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series · Brakes
- 1984026 · 23 February 1984 · 700 Series · Brakes
- 1984116 · 26 September 1984 · C7, C6 · Brakes
- 1984122 · 10 October 1984 · W100, Ramcharger · Brakes
Reading this against the source
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 122 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1983.
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