Kenworth T450, T600A, W900B, T800, C500, T400. Published by Transport Canada as 1991091 on 11 June 1991. System: Visual System.
What the notice says The sprague wiper assembly pivot can seize due to galvanic corrosion between the zinc-plated steel shaft and the bronze bushing causing the wiper arm/blade assembly to stop wiping the windshield. this could cause reduced driver visibility during inclement weather and result in a vehicle crash.
correction: …
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.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1991091
- Recall date
- 11 June 1991
- Make
- Kenworth
- Models
- T450, T600a, W900b, T800, C500, T400
- Model years
- 1989 to 1991
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Visual System
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 3,815
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE SPRAGUE WIPER ASSEMBLY PIVOT CAN SEIZE DUE TO GALVANIC CORROSION BETWEEN THE ZINC-PLATED STEEL SHAFT AND THE BRONZE BUSHING CAUSING THE WIPER ARM/BLADE ASSEMBLY TO STOP WIPING THE WINDSHIELD. THIS COULD CAUSE REDUCED DRIVER VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER AND RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: SPRAGUE WIPER ASSEMBLY PIVOT WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN ASSEMBLY NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO GALVANIC CORROSION.
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 1991091.
Kenworth elsewhere in this register
Kenworth is named on 263 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1991096 · 25 June 1991 · Truck · Steering
- 1991070 · 2 May 1991 · T600, W900b, W900l · Engine
- 1991067 · 24 April 1991 · Truck · Suspension
- 1991054 · 22 March 1991 · Truck · Suspension
- 1991127 · 18 September 1991 · Truck · Steering
- 1991033 · 25 February 1991 · Truck · Steering
- 1990116 · 1 August 1990 · Truck · Engine
- 1992064 · 2 June 1992 · Conventional · Brakes
The same system: Visual System
424 notices in this register name Visual System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1991073 · 7 May 1991 · Cougar, Thunderbird · Visual System
- 1991053 · 22 March 1991 · Motorhome · Visual System
- 1992021 · 21 February 1992 · H5-60 Coach, H3-40 Coach · Visual System
- 1990152 · 1 October 1990 · Low Rider Special Edition (fxrs) · Visual System
- 1990153 · 1 October 1990 · Futura Bus · Visual System
- 1992049 · 29 April 1992 · TC/2000 Non-School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Visual System
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 Kenworth C500, 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 Kenworth: 263 in the register, and 177 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1991.
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