What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1984038
- Recall date
- 15 March 1984
- Make
- Subaru
- Models
- Dl, Gl
- Model years
- 1980
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 2,974
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE STEERING RACK PROTECTIVE BOOT CAN BECOME DISLODGED WHEN IT BECOMES RIGID OR INFLEXIBLE DUE TO EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES AND CAN SLIP OFF THE RETAINING GROOVE OF THE STEERING HOUSING. THIS WOULD SUBJECT THE STEERING RACK SHAFT TO CORROSION IN AREAS OF HIGH ROAD SALT USE AND RESULT IN STIFF OR HARD STEERING WITH EVENTUAL STEERING RACK SEIZURE. rnALL MODELS EXCEPT BRAT MODELS.
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 1984038.