Polaris Long Track. Published by Transport Canada as 1989004 on 3 January 1989. System: Brakes.
What the notice says The transmission could slip out of gear during operation. should this occur, re-engagement of the gear box while the vehicle is in motion may not be possible. when the transmission is in neutral, loss of braking action occurs. this could result in a vehicle crash.
correction: a positive transmission locking device …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1989004
- Recall date
- 3 January 1989
- Make
- Polaris
- Models
- Long Track
- Model years
- 1987
- Vehicle class
- Snowmobile
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 180
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE TRANSMISSION COULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR DURING OPERATION. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, RE-ENGAGEMENT OF THE GEAR BOX WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS IN NEUTRAL, LOSS OF BRAKING ACTION OCCURS. THIS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: A POSITIVE TRANSMISSION LOCKING DEVICE WILL BE INSTALLED ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES.
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 1989004.
Polaris elsewhere in this register
Polaris is named on 197 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1989001 · 3 January 1989 · Trail Boss · Brakes
- 1989002 · 3 January 1989 · Indy · Steering
- 1989003 · 3 January 1989 · Trail Boss · Brakes
- 1989076 · 30 May 1989 · Trail Boss · Brakes
- 1989077 · 31 May 1989 · Big Boss, Trail Boss · Brakes
- 1990185 · 30 November 1990 · Indy Trail · Brakes
- 1991005 · 4 January 1991 · Trail Boss 4x4, Big Boss 6x6, 350 4x4 · Suspension
- 1986138 · 8 December 1986 · Indy 400, Indy Trail · Brakes
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.
- 1989001 · 3 January 1989 · Trail Boss · Brakes
- 1989003 · 3 January 1989 · Trail Boss · Brakes
- 1989018 · 15 February 1989 · Semi-Trailer · Brakes
- 1989024 · 28 February 1989 · Sidecar (tle), Sidecar (rle) · Brakes
- 1989025 · 2 March 1989 · 9670, 9700 · Brakes
- 1989026 · 2 March 1989 · R100rs, R65ls, R100gs · Brakes
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 Polaris: 197 in the register, and 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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