Gmc General. Published by Transport Canada as 1986132 on 25 November 1986. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, improper torque of the clamp pinch bolt securing the upper steering shaft to the lower steering shaft may allow the clamp to loosen and the shafts to separate. This would result in loss of vehicle control and possible crash without prior warning. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replace as …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1986132
- Recall date
- 25 November 1986
- Make
- GMC
- Models
- General
- Model years
- 1985 to 1986
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,142
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, improper torque of the clamp pinch bolt securing the upper steering shaft to the lower steering shaft may allow the clamp to loosen and the shafts to separate. This would result in loss of vehicle control and possible crash without prior warning. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replace as necessary the clamp assembly and the upper steering shaft.
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 1986132.
GMC elsewhere in this register
GMC is named on 561 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1986142 · 19 December 1986 · T Series, S Series · Label
- 1986146 · 29 December 1986 · C7 · Steering
- 1986103 · 16 September 1986 · Brigadier, General · Engine
- 1986093 · 19 August 1986 · P Series · Structure
- 1986088 · 13 August 1986 · Transit Coach · Brakes
- 1986072 · 7 July 1986 · School Bus · Brakes
- 1986067 · 19 June 1986 · Astro, General, Brigadier · Steering
- 1986062 · 6 June 1986 · G Series, C Series · Fuel System
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1986124 · 6 November 1986 · Sable, Taurus · Steering
- 1986123 · 5 November 1986 · Electra, Ninety-Eight · Steering
- 1986117 · 22 October 1986 · 3 Series · Steering
- 1986112 · 7 October 1986 · Conventional · Steering
- 1986031 · 11 March 1986 · Truck · Steering
- 1986009 · 20 January 1986 · S1700, S1900, S2100 · Steering
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 GMC: 561 in the register, and 147 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1986.
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