{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1996169 (Freightliner), 1996: Electrical",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1996169/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1996169, FREIGHTLINER CENTURY, 1996-10-21. AN ELECTRICAL SHORT MAY OCCUR IN THE AUXILIARY HEATER/AC BLOWER MOTOR IF EXPOSED TO WATER.",
  "excerpt": "Freightliner Century. Published by Transport Canada as 1996169 on 21 October 1996. System: Electrical. What the notice says An electrical short may occur in the auxiliary heater/ac blower motor if exposed to water. the shorted relay may result in a fire. correction: relay will be replaced with one that resists shorting if contacted by water and does not support combustion even if shorted. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. This site holds seven national and European registers. Freightliner CENTURY is named on 1 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules. DTNA recall 17V810 - 2002-2017 Freightliner Cascadia, Century Class, Columbia a... Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register. AN ELECTRICAL SHORT MAY OCCUR IN THE AUXILIARY HEATER/AC BLOWER MOTOR IF EXPOSED TO WATER. THE SHORTED RELAY MAY RESULT IN A FIRE. CORRECTION: RELAY WILL BE REPLACED WITH ONE THAT RESISTS SHORTING IF CONTACTED BY WATER AND DOES NOT SUPPORT COMBUSTION EVEN IF SHO",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:54:00+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:54:00+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1996169 (Freightliner), 1996: Electrical\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1996169/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}