Transport Canada carries this recall as 1985053, dated 2 May 1985. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V454, dated 22 June 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 16505.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 1985053 | 16V454 |
| Dated | 2 May 1985 | 22 June 2016 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Mazda | |
The two registers are 11,374 days apart: the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 16V454, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1985053
- Recall date
- 2 May 1985
- Make
- Mazda
- Models
- Glc, 929, 626, RX-7
- Model years
- 1977 to 1983
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 40,793
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
SEDANS AND WAGONS LOCATED IN ONTARIO, QUEBEC, NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND NEWFOUNDLAND. SALT INDUCED CORROSION OF THE STEERING IDLER ARM PIN MAY GRADUALLY DEVELOP HARD OR STIFF STEERING OPERATION OR POOR STEERING RETURN. RESULTING PROGRESSIVELY HARDER STEERING EFFORT COULD ULTIMATELY CAUSE THE DISINTIGRATION OF THE IDLER ARM PIN. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND POSSIBLE VEHICLE 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 1985053.