Western Star 4800, Dc, C. Published by Transport Canada as 1976159 on 23 February 1977. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain trucks, a design deficiency may exist in the barrel section of the hub between the inner and outer bearings which may crack and cause the hub to fail. Failure can lead to wheel assembly separation from the vehicle or a blown tire. There is the potential for loss of vehicle control and possible vehicle crash …
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Western Star 4800 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1976159
- Recall date
- 23 February 1977
- Make
- Western Star, Autocar
- Models
- 4800, DC, C
- Model years
- 1975 to 1976
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 138
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trucks, a design deficiency may exist in the barrel section of the hub between the inner and outer bearings which may crack and cause the hub to fail. Failure can lead to wheel assembly separation from the vehicle or a blown tire. There is the potential for loss of vehicle control and possible vehicle crash with little warning to the operator.
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 1976159.
Western Star elsewhere in this register
Western Star is named on 210 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1976145 · 21 January 1977 · 4900 · Not Entered
- 1977011 · 6 May 1977 · 4800 · Not Entered
- 1977019 · 3 June 1977 · 4800 · Not Entered
- 1977143 · 25 January 1978 · 4800, DC, C · Suspension
- 1977156 · 9 February 1978 · 4800, C, DC · Visual System
- 1975123 · 17 December 1975 · 4800 · Not Entered
- 1975083 · 18 August 1975 · 4800 · Not Entered
- 1975024 · 4 April 1975 · 4800 · Not Entered
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.
- 1976164 · 10 March 1977 · B Series, L Series · Suspension
- 1977003 · 7 April 1977 · C, DC · Suspension
- 1977039 · 2 August 1977 · Axle · Suspension
- 1977059 · 20 September 1977 · P Series, C Series, G Series · Suspension
- 1976122 · 5 November 1976 · All Canadian School Bus, All Canadian Non-School Bus · Suspension
- 1976069 · 28 May 1976 · D5, W6, S7 · 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 Western Star: 210 in the register, and 195 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1977.
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