Freightliner Hcoe, Conventional. Published by Transport Canada as 1989037 on 22 March 1989. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On trucks equipped with 3-point seat belts and bostrom smartseats, abrading of the seat belt webbing may occur at the d-ring when the seat belts are not worn. this abrading is due to the under damped ride of the bostrom smartseats and a tendency for the webbing to bunch-up at the d-ring if the d-ring does not swivel …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1989037
- Recall date
- 22 March 1989
- Make
- Freightliner
- Models
- Hcoe, Conventional
- Model years
- 1987 to 1988
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 351
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 3-POINT SEAT BELTS AND BOSTROM SMARTSEATS, ABRADING OF THE SEAT BELT WEBBING MAY OCCUR AT THE D-RING WHEN THE SEAT BELTS ARE NOT WORN. THIS ABRADING IS DUE TO THE UNDER DAMPED RIDE OF THE BOSTROM SMARTSEATS AND A TENDENCY FOR THE WEBBING TO BUNCH-UP AT THE D-RING IF THE D-RING DOES NOT SWIVEL FREELY. ABRADING OF THE SEAT BELT WEBBING CAN REDUCE ITS STRENGTH AND IN A COLLISION SITUATION INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY.
CORRECTION: A STIFFER BOSTROM SMARTSEAT SHOCK ABSORBER AND DIFFERENT D-RING FASTENERS ARE BEING EVALUATED. THE SEAT BELT WEBBING WILL BE INSPECTED AND REPLACED WHERE NECESSARY.
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 1989037.
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.
- 1989038 · 22 March 1989 · C.o.e., Conventional · Steering
- 1989067 · 17 May 1989 · Conventional, Hcoe, Low Cab Forward · Steering
- 1989108 · 28 July 1989 · Truck · Steering
- 1989117 · 21 August 1989 · Hcoe, Conventional · Steering
- 1989120 · 28 August 1989 · Truck · Brakes
- 1989136 · 28 September 1989 · Truck · Suspension
- 1988159 · 21 November 1988 · FLD · Brakes
- 1988144 · 17 October 1988 · Conventional, Hcoe · Steering
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1989039 · 28 March 1989 · Continental · Seats And Restraints
- 1989035 · 14 March 1989 · Beretta, Corsica, Tempest · Seats And Restraints
- 1989033 · 10 March 1989 · MH · Seats And Restraints
- 1989027 · 2 March 1989 · 700 Series · Seats And Restraints
- 1989061 · 28 April 1989 · Auto Trac · Seats And Restraints
- 1989017 · 14 February 1989 · Suburban · Seats And Restraints
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 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 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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