Chevrolet P Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1996160 on 7 October 1996. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the intermediate steering shaft may become loose at the steering shaft to steering gear coupling. With this looseness the yoke pinch bolt can wear on the splines of the shaft until there is no longer an interference between the splines and the bolt. This could cause the steering shaft to separate …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996160
- Recall date
- 7 October 1996
- Make
- Chevrolet
- Models
- P Series
- Model years
- 1991 to 1994
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,187
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the intermediate steering shaft may become loose at the steering shaft to steering gear coupling. With this looseness the yoke pinch bolt can wear on the splines of the shaft until there is no longer an interference between the splines and the bolt. This could cause the steering shaft to separate from the steering gear resulting in a total loss of steering control. Correction: Dealers will retorque the yoke pinch bolts.
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 1996160.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996151 · 27 September 1996 · Express, Savana · Steering
- 1996145 · 18 September 1996 · G Series · Electrical
- 1996176 · 6 November 1996 · Firebird, Camaro · Seats And Restraints
- 1996178 · 12 November 1996 · Jimmy, Blazer · Fuel System
- 1996205 · 13 December 1996 · Fleetwood, Roadmaster, Caprice · Suspension
- 1996208 · 30 December 1996 · Sunfire, Achieva, Cavalier · Lights And Instruments
- 1996117 · 25 July 1996 · Jimmy, Blazer · Seats And Restraints
- 1996100 · 11 July 1996 · C Series, G Series, K Series · Suspension
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.
- 1996132 · 10 September 1996 · 4700lp · Steering
- 1996120 · 2 August 1996 · 911 Carrera, 911 Turbo, 911 RS America · Steering
- 1996121 · 2 August 1996 · Town Car, Crown Victoria · Steering
- 1996206 · 13 December 1996 · Skylark, Grand Am · Steering
- 1996107 · 19 July 1996 · Tracker, Sunrunner · Steering
- 1996037 · 22 February 1996 · 500 RMK, Classic Touring, 500 Efi · Steering
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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 Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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