Western Star Conventional. Published by Transport Canada as 1996021 on 2 February 1996. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain trucks, the throttle springs were manufactured such that the hooks at each end may have a tighter than required diameter. If the diameter of a hook is too tight it may bind on the throttle spring anchor nuts. This binding may lead to spring fatigue and eventual spring failure. If both springs fail, the …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996021
- Recall date
- 2 February 1996
- Make
- Western Star
- Models
- Conventional
- Model years
- 1995
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 170
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trucks, the throttle springs were manufactured such that the hooks at each end may have a tighter than required diameter. If the diameter of a hook is too tight it may bind on the throttle spring anchor nuts. This binding may lead to spring fatigue and eventual spring failure. If both springs fail, the engine may not return to idle upon release of the accelerator. This could result in loss of vehicle control and a crash. Correction: Throttle return springs will be replaced with redesigned springs.
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 1996021.
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.
- 1996020 · 31 January 1996 · Conventional · Structure
- 1996051 · 26 March 1996 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1996091 · 18 June 1996 · 4800 · Electrical
- 1996122 · 6 August 1996 · 4800 · Brakes
- 1996125 · 23 August 1996 · Conventional · Suspension
- 1995135 · 20 July 1995 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1995044 · 7 March 1995 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1995035 · 23 February 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.
- 1996016 · 25 January 1996 · Ranger · Engine
- 1996011 · 16 January 1996 · Mach Z · Engine
- 1996008 · 10 January 1996 · B Series · Engine
- 1996009 · 10 January 1996 · Cirrus, Stratus, Grand Caravan · Engine
- 1995221 · 11 December 1995 · Corrado, GTI, Passat · Engine
- 1995217 · 6 December 1995 · Transport, Lumina Apv · 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 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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