Gmc Topkick C6500, Topkick C8500, Kodiak C8500, Topkick C7500, Kodiak C6500, Kodiak C7500. Published by Transport Canada as 1989160 on 27 November 1989. System: Brakes.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the front air brake hoses can contact the inner fender extensions and eventually chafe through to the point of rupture. This would result in a partial brake system failure and increased stopping distances, which could result in a vehicle crash. Correction: A portion of the inner fender extension …
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
- 1989160
- Recall date
- 27 November 1989
- Make
- GMC, Chevrolet
- Models
- Topkick C6500, Topkick C8500, Kodiak C8500, Topkick C7500, Kodiak C6500, Kodiak C7500
- Model years
- 1986 to 1988
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the front air brake hoses can contact the inner fender extensions and eventually chafe through to the point of rupture. This would result in a partial brake system failure and increased stopping distances, which could result in a vehicle crash. Correction: A portion of the inner fender extension will be cut out and the front brake hoses will be inspected for chafing and replaced if necessary.
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 1989160.
GMC elsewhere in this register
GMC is named on 561 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1989146 · 17 October 1989 · Safari, T Series, S Series · Emissions
- 1989145 · 16 October 1989 · Suburban · Emissions
- 1989137 · 29 September 1989 · Tracker · Emissions
- 1989125 · 14 September 1989 · K Series, C Series · Suspension
- 1989116 · 18 August 1989 · P Series · Powertrain
- 1989095 · 11 July 1989 · K Series, C Series · Suspension
- 1989084 · 8 June 1989 · C Series, K Series · Accessories
- 1989082 · 2 June 1989 · School Bus · Fuel System
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.
- 1989135 · 28 September 1989 · CF, MC · Brakes
- 1989120 · 28 August 1989 · Truck · Brakes
- 1989111 · 10 August 1989 · 405 · Brakes
- 1989110 · 9 August 1989 · CF Series · Brakes
- 1989030 · 7 March 1989 · Wagoneer, Comanche, Cherokee · Brakes
- 1989028 · 6 March 1989 · 6000 · Brakes
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 GMC: 561 in the register, and 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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