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What Transport Canada published

Recall number
1986112
Recall date
7 October 1986
Make
Freightliner
Models
Conventional
Model years
1985
Vehicle class
Truck - Med. & H.D.
System
Steering
Raised as
Safety Mfr
Vehicles affected
14
Register
Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE STEERING COLUMN MOUNTING SCREWS MAY BE MISSING ON THESE VEHICLES. THE STEERING COLUMN MOUNTING CLAMPS AND BOLTS ARE COVERED BY A PLASTIC KNEEPAD INSTALLED BELOW THE DASH PANEL. THE KNEEPAD IS SUFFICIENT TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN IN PLACE UNDER MOST NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS AND THE MISSING MOUNTING SCREWS MAY NOT BE DETECTED BY THE DRIVER. SHOULD THE STEERING COLUMN COME LOOSE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION,LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR. CORRECTION: INSTALL CLAMPS AND BOLTS IF MISSING, CHECK FOR TIGHTNESS IF IN PLACE.

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 1986112.

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