Volkswagen Jetta. Published by Transport Canada as 1990012 on 23 January 1990. System: Steering.
What the notice says On vehicles equipped with 16 valve engines, excessive tensi0n could cause the power steering pump bracket to break which would loosen the pump and and allow the drive belt to slip. as a result, the steering force needed to manoever the vehicle could unexpectedly increase resulting in possible loss of driver control …
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Volkswagen JETTA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Volkswagen JETTA is named on 34 American notices, 2 European and 4 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1990012
- Recall date
- 23 January 1990
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Jetta
- Model years
- 1990
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 162
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 16 VALVE ENGINES, EXCESSIVE TENSI0N COULD CAUSE THE POWER STEERING PUMP BRACKET TO BREAK WHICH WOULD LOOSEN THE PUMP AND AND ALLOW THE DRIVE BELT TO SLIP. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING FORCE NEEDED TO MANOEVER THE VEHICLE COULD UNEXPECTEDLY INCREASE RESULTING IN POSSIBLE LOSS OF DRIVER CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH. CORRECTION: POWER STEERING PUMP BRACKET WILL BE REPLACED.
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Volkswagen elsewhere in this register
Volkswagen is named on 284 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1990103 · 4 July 1990 · Jetta · Fuel System
- 1990105 · 6 July 1990 · Transporter, Passat, Corrado · Lights And Instruments
- 1989167 · 12 December 1989 · Jetta · Brakes
- 1989081 · 2 June 1989 · Vanagon · Engine
- 1991051 · 19 March 1991 · Jetta · Suspension
- 1991104 · 9 July 1991 · Corrado · Fuel System
- 1991115 · 13 August 1991 · Jetta, Golf · Other
- 1991148 · 5 November 1991 · Fox · Structure
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.
- 1990013 · 23 January 1990 · L Series · Steering
- 1990011 · 12 January 1990 · Conventional · Steering
- 1990005 · 9 January 1990 · RM, DM, U · Steering
- 1990030 · 16 February 1990 · S Series, T Series · Steering
- 1990038 · 27 February 1990 · Rd, DMM, RM · Steering
- 1990118 · 2 August 1990 · Midliner · Steering
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Volkswagen: 284 in the register, and 196 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1990.
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