What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1985009
- Recall date
- 11 January 1985
- Make
- Firestone
- Models
- Wheels
- Model years
- 1985
- Vehicle class
- Equipment
- Vehicles affected
- 5,690
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
24.5 X 8.25, 15 DEGREE DROP CENTER ONE-PIECE TUBELESS ALUMINUM DUAL WHEELS. A FORGING LAP OR FOLD IN THE AREA BENEATH THE FLANGE ON THE DISC SIDE OF THE WHEEL MAY DEVELOP INTO A CRACK AND ULTIMATELY PROPOGATE INTO THE TIRE BEAD SEAT AREA. SUCH A CRACK COULD RESULT IN RAPID TIRE AIR LOSS CAUSING POSSIBLE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
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 1985009.