# Transport Canada recall 1997002

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: 1997002
- Manufacturer's number: SC0251
- Reported: 1997\-01\-13
- Component: Structure
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 321

## What is wrong

NOTE: CLASS 8 TRUCKS.

INSUFFICIENT TORQUE OF THE U\-JOINT BEARING STRAP BOLTS CAN LEAD TO A BROKEN STRAP.  IF THE STRAP BREAKS, THE DRIVESHAFT WOULD WOBBLE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SEPARATION.  SUCH WOBBLING OR SEPARATION COULD RESULT IN SECONDARY VEHICLE DAMAGE \(TO OTHER VEHICLE COMPONENTS\) AND ANY LOOSE FRAGMENT THAT FELL ONTO THE ROADWAY COULD PRESENT A HAZARD TO OTHER VEHICLES.

CORRECTION: NEW U\-JOINT BEARING STRAP BOLTS WILL BE INSTALLED.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [1996 MACK CH](/makes/mack/ch/1996/recalls.md)
- [1996 MACK CL](/makes/mack/cl/1996/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [M\-811\-001](/bulletins/10218913.md), 2022-09-01, Service bulletin

## 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/1997002](/v1/recalls/tc/1997002)

[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%201997002&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Ftc%2F1997002&vehicle=Transport%20Canada%20recall%201997002)