What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988143
- Recall date
- 14 October 1988
- Make
- International
- Models
- 1753, Metro, 1654, 1652sc
- Model years
- 1988 to 1989
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 280
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES WITH 7.3 LITRE ENGINES AND POWER STEERING, THE V-BELT PULLEY, WHICH DRIVES THE HYDRAULIC PUMP PROVIDING POWER ASSIST FOR STEERING AND HYDRAULIC BRAKES CAN FAIL. THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF POWER ASSIST TO THE STEERING AND PRIMARY POWER ASSIST TO THE BRAKES AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. rnCORRECTION: A DIFFERENT PULLEY WILL BE INSTALLED AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP MOUNTING WILL BE REINFORCED.
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 1988143.