Alcoa Aluminum Wheel. Published by Transport Canada as 1999098 on 20 May 1999. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain Alcoa 2.5 x 8.25 forged aluminum wheels installed on vehicles built by to Nova Bus, the mechanical properties of these wheels are below the manufacturer's design specifications and internal requirements. This can cause the unsupported open end of the wheel to deform and result in sudden loss of air. …
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Alcoa ALUMINUM WHEEL in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999098
- Recall date
- 20 May 1999
- Make
- Alcoa
- Models
- Aluminum Wheel
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- Equipment
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,057
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Alcoa 2.5 x 8.25 forged aluminum wheels installed on vehicles built by to Nova Bus, the mechanical properties of these wheels are below the manufacturer's design specifications and internal requirements. This can cause the unsupported open end of the wheel to deform and result in sudden loss of air. Correction: Wheels will be replaced.
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 1999098.
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.
- 1999101 · 26 May 1999 · TL, RL, Prelude · Suspension
- 1999103 · 27 May 1999 · GS 300 · Suspension
- 1999082 · 12 May 1999 · Nevada, Grand Tour Cheyenne · Suspension
- 1999077 · 6 May 1999 · Navigator, Expedition · Suspension
- 1999108 · 7 June 1999 · Neon · Suspension
- 1999069 · 28 April 1999 · Sentra · Suspension
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