Western Star Conventional. Published by Transport Canada as 1996125 on 23 August 1996. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain trucks, the suspension equalizing beam shaft could fracture inside the beam at the toe of the weld due to the use of a non-conforming shaft. A single shaft failure could cause the transverse beam to come into contact with the roadway, generating sparks that, in combination with other events, would affect …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996125
- Recall date
- 23 August 1996
- Make
- Western Star
- Models
- Conventional
- Model years
- 1995 to 1996
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 152
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trucks, the suspension equalizing beam shaft could fracture inside the beam at the toe of the weld due to the use of a non-conforming shaft. A single shaft failure could cause the transverse beam to come into contact with the roadway, generating sparks that, in combination with other events, would affect motor vehicle safety. Correction: All equalizing beams with non-conforming shafts will be replaced with beams containing appropriate shafts.
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 1996125.
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.
- 1996122 · 6 August 1996 · 4800 · Brakes
- 1996091 · 18 June 1996 · 4800 · Electrical
- 1996051 · 26 March 1996 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1996021 · 2 February 1996 · Conventional · Engine
- 1996020 · 31 January 1996 · Conventional · Structure
- 1997092 · 28 April 1997 · 5800, 4800 · Steering
- 1997157 · 15 September 1997 · 4800 · Brakes
- 1995135 · 20 July 1995 · Conventional · Brakes
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1996128 · 26 August 1996 · R-8440 Trailer · Suspension
- 1996131 · 10 September 1996 · 9400, 9300, 9200 · Suspension
- 1996112 · 17 July 1996 · Boat Trailer · Suspension
- 1996110 · 16 July 1996 · Tacoma · Suspension
- 1996106 · 15 July 1996 · S Series Bus, S Series Truck · Suspension
- 1996100 · 11 July 1996 · C Series, G Series, K Series · Suspension
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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