Dodge Dakota. Published by Transport Canada as 1996097 on 27 June 1996. System: Steering.
What the notice says Frame cracking in the area where the steering gear is mounted could result in the steering gear separating from the frame. this could cause loss of vehicle control and a crash without prior warning.
correction: reinforcements will be added to the frame and the steering gear mounting bolts will be replaced. if the …
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Dodge DAKOTA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Dodge DAKOTA is named on 3 American notices, 5 British and 6 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/0551/15: Dodge / Chrysler Ram, Dakota, Durango, Aspen, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1702/15: Chrysler, Dodge, Dodge Ram 300, Durango, Dakota, Magnum, Charger, Ram, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/0238/16: Chrysler, Dodge Ram, Durango, Dakota, Charger, Magnum, 300, notified by Germany
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996097
- Recall date
- 27 June 1996
- Make
- Dodge
- Models
- Dakota
- Model years
- 1988 to 1990
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 16,154
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
FRAME CRACKING IN THE AREA WHERE THE STEERING GEAR IS MOUNTED COULD RESULT IN THE STEERING GEAR SEPARATING FROM THE FRAME. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: REINFORCEMENTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE FRAME AND THE STEERING GEAR MOUNTING BOLTS WILL BE REPLACED. IF THE FRAME IS ALREADY CRACKED, THE STEERING GEAR WELD NUTS WILL ALSO BE REPLACED.
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Dodge elsewhere in this register
Dodge is named on 580 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996116 · 23 July 1996 · Grand Caravan, Voyager, Caravan · Seats And Restraints
- 1996078 · 17 May 1996 · Cirrus, Stratus, Breeze · Brakes
- 1996079 · 17 May 1996 · Stratus, Neon, Cirrus · Brakes
- 1996074 · 14 May 1996 · Ram · Emissions
- 1996063 · 29 April 1996 · Grand Caravan, Dynasty, New Yorker · Brakes
- 1996172 · 24 October 1996 · Stealth · Brakes
- 1996028 · 12 February 1996 · Ram Wagon, Ram Van · Other
- 1996029 · 12 February 1996 · Neon · Electrical
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.
- 1996107 · 19 July 1996 · Tracker, Sunrunner · Steering
- 1996120 · 2 August 1996 · 911 Carrera, 911 Turbo, 911 RS America · Steering
- 1996121 · 2 August 1996 · Town Car, Crown Victoria · Steering
- 1996132 · 10 September 1996 · 4700lp · Steering
- 1996037 · 22 February 1996 · 500 RMK, Classic Touring, 500 Efi · Steering
- 1996006 · 10 January 1996 · C Series, K Series · 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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Dodge Dakota, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Dodge: 580 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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