Volvo Wca, Acl, Fe, Wia. Published by Transport Canada as 1996196 on 9 December 1996. System: Suspension.
What the notice says Note: vehicles equipped with neway anchorlok rear suspensions. the suspension equalizing beam could have defective suspension shafts which could fracture inside the beam and work loose from the beam. should the shaft separate from the beam, the transverse beam could contact the roadway generating sparks. this …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996196
- Recall date
- 9 December 1996
- Make
- Volvo
- Models
- Wca, Acl, Fe, Wia
- Model years
- 1995 to 1996
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 36
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH NEWAY ANCHORLOK REAR SUSPENSIONS. THE SUSPENSION EQUALIZING BEAM COULD HAVE DEFECTIVE SUSPENSION SHAFTS WHICH COULD FRACTURE INSIDE THE BEAM AND WORK LOOSE FROM THE BEAM. SHOULD THE SHAFT SEPARATE FROM THE BEAM, THE TRANSVERSE BEAM COULD CONTACT THE ROADWAY GENERATING SPARKS. THIS CONDITION MIGHT ALSO AFFECT VEHICLE STABILITY AND CONTROL WHICH COULD POSE A HAZARD TO OTHER USERS OF THE ROADWAY AND ADJACENT PROPERTY. CORRECTION: ALL EQUALIZING BEAMS WITH NON-CONFORMING SHAFTS WILL BE REPLACED.
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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 1996196.
Volvo elsewhere in this register
Volvo is named on 312 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996161 · 7 October 1996 · 800 Series, 900 Series · Engine
- 1996144 · 18 September 1996 · Acl, WG · Brakes
- 1996130 · 6 September 1996 · 800 Series · Engine
- 1996082 · 31 May 1996 · 700 Series · Electrical
- 1996081 · 30 May 1996 · Wia, WG, Wca · Brakes
- 1996054 · 28 March 1996 · WHL, Wca, Wia · Steering
- 1996041 · 29 February 1996 · Fe, Wah, Wca · Suspension
- 1997054 · 19 March 1997 · VN · Lights And Instruments
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.
- 1996205 · 13 December 1996 · Fleetwood, Roadmaster, Caprice · Suspension
- 1996156 · 4 October 1996 · Elantra · Suspension
- 1996131 · 10 September 1996 · 9400, 9300, 9200 · Suspension
- 1996128 · 26 August 1996 · R-8440 Trailer · Suspension
- 1996125 · 23 August 1996 · Conventional · Suspension
- 1996112 · 17 July 1996 · Boat Trailer · Suspension
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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 Volvo: 312 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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