Ford F-800, F-700. Published by Transport Canada as 1998045 on 19 March 1998. System: Suspension.
What the notice says Automatic front wheel bearing adjusting nuts may be susceptible to damage during installation or removal due to incorrect tools or incorrect torque. also, some of the nuts may have been damaged during vehicle assembly. this can result in the nut having the potential to rotate freely and loose torque. in turn this …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998045
- Recall date
- 19 March 1998
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- F-800, F-700
- Model years
- 1998
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 30
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
AUTOMATIC FRONT WHEEL BEARING ADJUSTING NUTS MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE DURING INSTALLATION OR REMOVAL DUE TO INCORRECT TOOLS OR INCORRECT TORQUE. ALSO, SOME OF THE NUTS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING VEHICLE ASSEMBLY. THIS CAN RESULT IN THE NUT HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO ROTATE FREELY AND LOOSE TORQUE. IN TURN THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN FRONT WHEEL SEPARATION.
CORRECTION: FRONT WHEEL BEARING ADJUSTING NUTS WILL BE REPLACED WITH CASTLE NUTS AND COTTER PINS.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
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 1998045.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1998035 · 20 February 1998 · Ranger · Suspension
- 1998019 · 29 January 1998 · Taurus, Continental, Sable · Lights And Instruments
- 1998016 · 28 January 1998 · Explorer · Structure
- 1998103 · 20 May 1998 · Contour, Mystique · Emissions
- 1998104 · 25 May 1998 · F-350 Super Duty · Brakes
- 1998105 · 25 May 1998 · F-450 Super Duty, F-550 Super Duty, F-350 Super Duty · Steering
- 1998114 · 4 June 1998 · Sable, Taurus · Fuel System
- 1998121 · 15 June 1998 · Taurus, Sable · Suspension
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.
- 1998035 · 20 February 1998 · Ranger · Suspension
- 1998014 · 27 January 1998 · Grand Cherokee · Suspension
- 1998006 · 20 January 1998 · 4800 · Suspension
- 1998007 · 20 January 1998 · Acl, Wah, VNL · Suspension
- 1998009 · 20 January 1998 · CH613 · Suspension
- 1998107 · 25 May 1998 · Legacy · Suspension
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 Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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