Ford Super Duty. Published by Transport Canada as 1989010 on 19 January 1989. System: Steering.
What the notice says With vehicle usage, the bolts attaching the front axle track bar bracket to the front cross-member may loosen. this may cause front end shimmy. with continued use, the shimmy may become severe and cause damage to the steering linkage or steering gear. a potential for loss of steering control may be present. …
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Ford SUPER DUTY in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Ford SUPER DUTY is named on 43 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
- 1989010
- Recall date
- 19 January 1989
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Super Duty
- Model years
- 1988 to 1989
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,570
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
WITH VEHICLE USAGE, THE BOLTS ATTACHING THE FRONT AXLE TRACK BAR BRACKET TO THE FRONT CROSS-MEMBER MAY LOOSEN. THIS MAY CAUSE FRONT END SHIMMY. WITH CONTINUED USE, THE SHIMMY MAY BECOME SEVERE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE STEERING LINKAGE OR STEERING GEAR. A POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL MAY BE PRESENT. CORRECTION: IMPROVED TRACK BAR TO CROSS-MEMBER BRACKETS AND INCREASED DIAMETER BOLTS WILL BE INSTALLED. ADDITIONALLY, VEHICLES WITH FRONT END SHIMMY WILL HAVE CERTAIN STEERING COMPONENTS REPLACED AND WILL BE INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE TO SUSPENSION COMPONENTS.
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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 1989010.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1989110 · 9 August 1989 · CF Series · Brakes
- 1989133 · 28 September 1989 · Probe · Engine
- 1988140 · 6 October 1988 · E350, E250 · Heater And Defroster
- 1988136 · 5 October 1988 · Ranger, Bronco Ii, Aerostar · Electrical
- 1988037 · 16 March 1988 · Thunderbird · Suspension
- 1988027 · 9 March 1988 · Topaz, Tempo · Engine
- 1988028 · 9 March 1988 · Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis · Seats And Restraints
- 1988015 · 4 February 1988 · F-350 · Steering
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.
- 1989005 · 4 January 1989 · Conventional · Steering
- 1989002 · 3 January 1989 · Indy · Steering
- 1989020 · 20 February 1989 · 5070, 2654, 2554 · Steering
- 1989023 · 24 February 1989 · 379, 362, 378 · Steering
- 1989038 · 22 March 1989 · C.o.e., Conventional · Steering
- 1989041 · 28 March 1989 · Conventional · 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 Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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