Arctic Cat Cougar, El Tigre. Published by Transport Canada as 1984140 on 7 November 1984. System: Steering.
What the notice says A steering tie rod ball joint stud may separate from the tie rod body due to the lack of a staking operation. this could cause loss of vehicle control without prior warning and possible crash.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1984140
- Recall date
- 7 November 1984
- Make
- Arctic Cat
- Models
- Cougar, El Tigre
- Model years
- 1985
- Vehicle class
- Snowmobile
- System
- Steering
- Vehicles affected
- 213
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
A STEERING TIE ROD BALL JOINT STUD MAY SEPARATE FROM THE TIE ROD BODY DUE TO THE LACK OF A STAKING OPERATION. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND POSSIBLE CRASH.
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 1984140.
Arctic Cat elsewhere in this register
Arctic Cat is named on 69 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1985031 · 28 March 1985 · El Tigre, Cougar Special · Not Entered
- 1987002 · 6 January 1987 · El Tigre 6000 · Steering
- 1980172 · 18 December 1980 · Pantera, El Tigre 5000, Jag Long Track · Not Entered
- 1980047 · 2 April 1980 · Scorpion · Not Entered
- 1979204 · 14 December 1979 · Pantera, Panther, El Tigre · Not Entered
- 1979172 · 10 October 1979 · El Tigre 340, El Tigre 440, El Tigre 6000 · Not Entered
- 1979010 · 17 January 1979 · Trail Cat · Not Entered
- 1978142 · 12 December 1978 · El Tigre 3000, El Tigre 6000 S, El Tigre 5000 · Not Entered
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.
- 1984132 · 22 October 1984 · Formula MX · Steering
- 1984101 · 10 September 1984 · L Series · Steering
- 1984040 · 20 May 1984 · C Series · Steering
- 1984038 · 15 March 1984 · DL, GL · Steering
- 1984033 · 12 March 1984 · C.o.e., Conventional · Steering
- 1985121 · 7 November 1985 · Conventional · 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 Arctic Cat: 69 in the register, and 160 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1984.
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