# Transport Canada recall 1988097

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 1988097
- Manufacturer's number: 8A23/88046
- Reported: 1988\-07\-11
- Component: Brakes
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 592

## What is wrong

THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE HOSE COULD CONTACT THE FENDER LINING/RAIL AREA AND EVENTUALLY WEAR THROUGH. THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND A PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY RESULTING IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES. THIS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

CORRECTION: LEFT FRONT BRAKE HOSE WILL BE INSPECTED FOR PROPER INSTALLATION AND REPLACED AS REQUIRED.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [1988 BUICK REGAL](/makes/buick/regal/1988/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/1988097](/v1/recalls/tc/1988097)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20Transport%20Canada%20recall%201988097&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Ftc%2F1988097&vehicle=Transport%20Canada%20recall%201988097)