Ford L Series, 8000, B Series, F Series, C Series, 6000. Published by Transport Canada as 1985142 on 24 December 1985. System: Brakes.
What the notice says The hydraulic parking brake control valve may inadvertently activate due to momentary pressure disruption in the hydraulic parking brake system, resulting in the application of the rear axle brakes. should this occur while the vehicle is being operated on a slippery or loose-material road surface, the potential for …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1985142
- Recall date
- 24 December 1985
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- L Series, 8000, B Series, F Series, C Series, 6000
- Model years
- 1984 to 1985
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 4,860
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE HYDRAULIC PARKING BRAKE CONTROL VALVE MAY INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATE DUE TO MOMENTARY PRESSURE DISRUPTION IN THE HYDRAULIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM, RESULTING IN THE APPLICATION OF THE REAR AXLE BRAKES. SHOULD THIS OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED ON A SLIPPERY OR LOOSE-MATERIAL ROAD SURFACE, THE POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WOULD EXIST. ALSO, SINCE THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM DOES NOT ACTUATE THE BRAKE STOP LIGHTS, THE RISK OF A REAR IMPACT WOULD BE INCREASED.
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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 1985142.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1985118 · 30 October 1985 · F-350 · Not Entered
- 1985117 · 29 October 1985 · Tempo · Not Entered
- 1985116 · 25 October 1985 · Ranger, Bronco Ii · Not Entered
- 1985106 · 30 September 1985 · Ranger · Electrical
- 1985029 · 19 March 1985 · Cougar, Thunderbird · Not Entered
- 1985015 · 18 January 1985 · F-150, F-250 · Not Entered
- 1986001 · 3 January 1986 · F-150, F-250 · Not Entered
- 1986008 · 17 January 1986 · Aerostar · Not Entered
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1985108 · 29 September 1985 · C.o.e. · Brakes
- 1985007 · 10 January 1985 · Century, Grand Lemans, Lemans · Brakes
- 1986020 · 7 February 1986 · Ram Van, Ramcharger, Ram · Brakes
- 1986115 · 9 October 1986 · Fifth Avenue, Caravelle, Diplomat · Brakes
- 1986131 · 20 November 1986 · Comanche · Brakes
- 1984122 · 10 October 1984 · W100, Ramcharger · Brakes
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 Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 141 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1985.
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