Porsche 944, 944 Turbo. Published by Transport Canada as 1989113 on 14 August 1989. System: Suspension.
What the notice says Front tracking control arms on these vehicles bearing the identification code "sm" could crack and eventually break. the breakage of the front tracking control arm while driving may result in loss of control and a vehicle crash without prior warning. correction: vehicles will be inspected and front tracking control …
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Porsche 944 in the other registers
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The Japanese register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1989113
- Recall date
- 14 August 1989
- Make
- Porsche
- Models
- 944, 944 Turbo
- Model years
- 1988
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 94
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
FRONT TRACKING CONTROL ARMS ON THESE VEHICLES BEARING THE IDENTIFICATION CODE "SM" COULD CRACK AND EVENTUALLY BREAK. THE BREAKAGE OF THE FRONT TRACKING CONTROL ARM WHILE DRIVING MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CORRECTION: VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED AND FRONT TRACKING CONTROL ARMS WITH THE "SM" IDENTIFICATION CODE WILL BE REPLACED.
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Porsche elsewhere in this register
Porsche is named on 156 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1989091 · 28 June 1989 · 928 · Engine
- 1990051 · 4 April 1990 · 944, 944 Turbo, 924 · Fuel System
- 1990089 · 14 June 1990 · 928 · Fuel System
- 1991015 · 18 January 1991 · 911 Carrera · Structure
- 1991094 · 18 June 1991 · 911 Carrera · Fuel System
- 1987033 · 16 March 1987 · 928 · Fuel System
- 1992014 · 6 February 1992 · 968 · Steering
- 1992050 · 27 April 1992 · 968 · Engine
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1989112 · 10 August 1989 · RB600 · Suspension
- 1989125 · 14 September 1989 · K Series, C Series · Suspension
- 1989128 · 26 September 1989 · Continental Limousine · Suspension
- 1989136 · 28 September 1989 · Truck · Suspension
- 1989080 · 2 June 1989 · Thunderbird, Cougar · Suspension
- 1989078 · 1 June 1989 · 320, 379, 357 · Suspension
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Porsche: 156 in the register, and 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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