What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1989074
- Recall date
- 25 May 1989
- Make
- Amertek
- Models
- Trailer
- Model years
- 1988
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 18
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
SECTIONS TOGETHER RESULTING IN LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE. LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE COULD CAUSE FULL OF PARTIAL LOSS OF SERVICE BRAKES, INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES AND POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF THE TRAILER SPRING BRAKES. APPLICATION OF THE EMERGENCY SPRING BRAKES COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL. rnCORRECTION: DEFECTIVE VALVES WILL BE REPLACED.
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 1989074.