Autocar Truck. Published by Transport Canada as 1988094 on 6 July 1988. System: Engine.
What the notice says Labels warning not to use ether or starting fluid to start engine were omitted from the air cleaner and/or instrument panel. ether or starting fluid that is sprayed into the air intake system could be ignited by the electrical preheater element and explode with the potential for personal injury to persons in and …
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Autocar TRUCK in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Autocar TRUCK is named on 17 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988094
- Recall date
- 6 July 1988
- Make
- Autocar, White GMC
- Models
- Truck
- Model years
- 1988
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 11
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
LABELS WARNING NOT TO USE ETHER OR STARTING FLUID TO START ENGINE WERE OMITTED FROM THE AIR CLEANER AND/OR INSTRUMENT PANEL. ETHER OR STARTING FLUID THAT IS SPRAYED INTO THE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM COULD BE IGNITED BY THE ELECTRICAL PREHEATER ELEMENT AND EXPLODE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSONAL INJURY TO PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE.
CORRECTION: LABELS AND ATTACMENT INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SUPPLIED TO OWNERS BY MAIL.
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Autocar elsewhere in this register
Autocar is named on 62 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1988121 · 18 August 1988 · C.o.e., Conventional · Steering
- 1988004 · 21 January 1988 · Truck · Brakes
- 1982027 · 5 March 1982 · S, Conventional, DC · Steering
- 1981117 · 9 December 1981 · DC, C, S · Not Entered
- 1980149 · 13 November 1980 · DC, Road Boss Ii, C · Engine
- 1980131 · 15 October 1980 · DC, C · Brakes
- 1980093 · 24 June 1980 · Road Xpeditor, DC, Road Boss · Other
- 1979157 · 20 September 1979 · Road Boss RB2, Road Boss RBW, C · Visual System
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1988101 · 12 July 1988 · 2675, 8300, 2375 · Engine
- 1988107 · 14 July 1988 · Conventional · Engine
- 1988023 · 23 February 1988 · Conventional · Engine
- 1988021 · 18 February 1988 · 626, Mx-6 · Engine
- 1989016 · 9 February 1989 · Conventional · Engine
- 1987118 · 4 November 1987 · 5000 · Engine
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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 Autocar: 62 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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