Freightliner Conventional, C.o.e.. Published by Transport Canada as 1985048 on 29 April 1985. System: Not Entered.
What the notice says The hole in the throttle lever and the stop pin may be mismatched which could allow the pin to loosen and fall out. should this happen, the tension spring attached to the throttle lever assembly would separate from the lever causing the lever to move to full throttle position, idle position or remain in the position …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1985048
- Recall date
- 29 April 1985
- Make
- Freightliner
- Models
- Conventional, C.o.e.
- Model years
- 1984 to 1985
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,716
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE HOLE IN THE THROTTLE LEVER AND THE STOP PIN MAY BE MISMATCHED WHICH COULD ALLOW THE PIN TO LOOSEN AND FALL OUT. SHOULD THIS HAPPEN, THE TENSION SPRING ATTACHED TO THE THROTTLE LEVER ASSEMBLY WOULD SEPARATE FROM THE LEVER CAUSING THE LEVER TO MOVE TO FULL THROTTLE POSITION, IDLE POSITION OR REMAIN IN THE POSITION THE LEVER WAS IN AT THE MOMENT OF FAILURE. THIS COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
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 1985048.
Freightliner elsewhere in this register
Freightliner is named on 376 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1985069 · 30 May 1985 · C.o.e., Conventional · Not Entered
- 1985084 · 9 July 1985 · Truck · Not Entered
- 1985003 · 3 January 1985 · C.o.e. · Not Entered
- 1985004 · 3 January 1985 · C.o.e., Conventional · Not Entered
- 1984133 · 23 October 1984 · Conventional · Not Entered
- 1986021 · 12 February 1986 · C.o.e., Conventional · Structure
- 1984069 · 3 May 1984 · Truck · Not Entered
- 1984041 · 21 March 1984 · Conventional · Not Entered
The same system: Not Entered
882 notices in this register name Not Entered. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1985050 · 29 April 1985 · Lynx, Escort · Not Entered
- 1985046 · 25 April 1985 · Cargostar · Not Entered
- 1985047 · 25 April 1985 · S Series 2500, 9670, 5070 · Not Entered
- 1985043 · 23 April 1985 · Regal · Not Entered
- 1985044 · 23 April 1985 · Safe And Sound · Not Entered
- 1985045 · 23 April 1985 · 900 · Not Entered
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Blue Bird Conventional, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Freightliner: 376 in the register, and 141 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1985.
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