Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. Published by Transport Canada as 1983063 on 30 June 1983. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain Cadillac limousine, the front lower control arm balljoint to steering knuckle attaching nuts may not have been tightened to specifications. Under certain conditions, this could cause the nut to back off, resulting in separation of the joint. If joint separation were to occur while the vehicle is in motion, …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1983063
- Recall date
- 30 June 1983
- Make
- Cadillac
- Models
- Fleetwood Brougham
- Model years
- 1981 to 1983
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 90
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Cadillac limousine, the front lower control arm balljoint to steering knuckle attaching nuts may not have been tightened to specifications. Under certain conditions, this could cause the nut to back off, resulting in separation of the joint. If joint separation were to occur while the vehicle is in motion, it would affect directional control which could result in vehicle crash without prior warning.
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 1983063.
Cadillac elsewhere in this register
Cadillac is named on 228 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1983061 · 30 June 1983 · Seville · Not Entered
- 1983025 · 4 March 1983 · Seville, Deville, Eldorado · Emissions
- 1982090 · 17 November 1982 · Toronado, Eldorado, Riviera · Not Entered
- 1984027 · 27 February 1984 · Camaro, Blazer, S Series · Seats And Restraints
- 1982083 · 12 October 1982 · Cimarron · Not Entered
- 1982026 · 3 March 1982 · Firenza, J2000, 6000 · Not Entered
- 1983084 · 7 October 1984 · J2000, Firenza, Cavalier · Not Entered
- 1982013 · 28 January 1982 · Eldorado, Ninety-Eight, Seville · Engine
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1984033 · 12 March 1984 · C.o.e., Conventional · Steering
- 1984038 · 15 March 1984 · DL, GL · Steering
- 1984040 · 20 May 1984 · C Series · Steering
- 1982036 · 19 April 1982 · 230, 280, 300 · Steering
- 1984101 · 10 September 1984 · L Series · Steering
- 1982027 · 5 March 1982 · S, Conventional, DC · Steering
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 Cadillac: 228 in the register, and 122 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1983.
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