Western Star Conventional. Published by Transport Canada as 1994198 on 19 December 1994. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain trucks, residual stress on the Electronic Control Module (ECM) ground terminal may be sufficient to cause the terminal to crack and eventually fail. If this terminal fails the engine will stop and will not re-start. Sudden stopping of the engine without warning may compromise the safety of the vehicle …
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
- 1994198
- Recall date
- 19 December 1994
- Make
- Western Star
- Models
- Conventional
- Model years
- 1994
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 406
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trucks, residual stress on the Electronic Control Module (ECM) ground terminal may be sufficient to cause the terminal to crack and eventually fail. If this terminal fails the engine will stop and will not re-start. Sudden stopping of the engine without warning may compromise the safety of the vehicle occupants due to the sudden loss of power steering assist. Correction: Terminals will be inspected and replaced if cracked or broken. Tie wrap closest to the terminal will be removed so that there is no stress on the ground wire.
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 1994198.
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.
- 1994202 · 30 December 1994 · Conventional · Steering
- 1994177 · 8 November 1994 · Conventional · Suspension
- 1994087 · 6 May 1994 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1995014 · 8 February 1995 · Conventional · Structure
- 1995019 · 10 February 1995 · Conventional · Steering
- 1995035 · 23 February 1995 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1995044 · 7 March 1995 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1995135 · 20 July 1995 · Conventional · Brakes
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1994120 · 29 July 1994 · 3800 · Engine
- 1994115 · 12 July 1994 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1994109 · 8 June 1994 · F Series, Super Duty · Engine
- 1994015 · 2 February 1994 · Century, Ciera · Engine
- 1994007 · 13 January 1994 · Tour Glide Classic (fltc), Electra Glide Classic (flhtc) · Engine
- 1994001 · 6 January 1994 · 3900 · Engine
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 202 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1994.
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