Real-Lite Travel Trailer, Fifth Wheel, Truck Camper, Motorhome. Published by Transport Canada as 1989019 on 17 February 1989. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The moniter panel, tv antenna booster, furnace and radio converter may have been improperly fused at the converter and battery. the twelve volt circuits were connected by a 30 amp fuse which does not provide proper protection for the 12 and 14 gauge wires. if such wires were to short circuit, a fire could result. …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1989019
- Recall date
- 17 February 1989
- Make
- Real-Lite
- Models
- Travel Trailer, Fifth Wheel, Truck Camper, Motorhome
- Model years
- 1985 to 1988
- Vehicle class
- Heavy Trailer
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 90
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE MONITER PANEL, TV ANTENNA BOOSTER, FURNACE AND RADIO CONVERTER MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY FUSED AT THE CONVERTER AND BATTERY. THE TWELVE VOLT CIRCUITS WERE CONNECTED BY A 30 AMP FUSE WHICH DOES NOT PROVIDE PROPER PROTECTION FOR THE 12 AND 14 GAUGE WIRES. IF SUCH WIRES WERE TO SHORT CIRCUIT, A FIRE COULD RESULT. CORRECTION: WIRES IN THE CONVERTER DISTRIBUTION PANEL WILL BE RELOCATED TO A FUSED CIRCUIT.
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 1989019.
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1989008 · 17 January 1989 · 900 · Electrical
- 1989101 · 19 July 1989 · Refrigerator · Electrical
- 1988133 · 23 September 1988 · Hcoe, Conventional · Electrical
- 1988110 · 18 July 1988 · Continental · Electrical
- 1988010 · 27 January 1988 · Somerset, Skylark · Electrical
- 1988003 · 5 January 1988 · 700 Series · Electrical
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