What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1985046
- Recall date
- 25 April 1985
- Make
- Ihc
- Models
- Cargostar
- Model years
- 1979 to 1985
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 3,232
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
1973-85 INTERNATIONAL CARGOSTAR TRUCKS. rnON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 10,800 LB. AND 12,000 LB. FRONT AXLES AND SHEPPARD POWER STEERING, THE STEERING PITMAN ARM MAY DEVELOP CRACKS AS THE RESULT OF REPEATED LEFT AND RIGHT MAXIMUM TURNS AGAINST THE AXLE STOP OR STANDSTILL STEERING MANEUVERS. THESE CRACKS COULD PROPOGATE INTO A FRACTURE OF THE PITMAN ARM AND RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A 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 1985046.