Kenworth T2000, W900, T400, T600, T800. Published by Transport Canada as 1997144 on 19 August 1997. System: Suspension.
What the notice says Note: vehicles equipped with airglide 200 rear suspension.
due to the materials used in the sway bar arms and the studs as well as the stud plating, a combination of stress corrosion cracking and bending fatigue can occur which could cause the stud to fail prematurely. this could result in loss of vehicle control …
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Kenworth T2000 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Kenworth T2000 is named on 1 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997144
- Recall date
- 19 August 1997
- Make
- Kenworth
- Models
- T2000, W900, T400, T600, T800
- Model years
- 1995 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,417
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AIRGLIDE 200 REAR SUSPENSION.
DUE TO THE MATERIALS USED IN THE SWAY BAR ARMS AND THE STUDS AS WELL AS THE STUD PLATING, A COMBINATION OF STRESS CORROSION CRACKING AND BENDING FATIGUE CAN OCCUR WHICH COULD CAUSE THE STUD TO FAIL PREMATURELY. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: SWAY BAR ARM ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED WITH ONE OF A DIFFERENT MATERIAL. THE NEW STUDS WILL HAVE DIFFERENT THREADS AND A DIFFERENT FINISH.
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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.
- 1997106 · 28 May 1997 · Tc2000 · Structure
- 1998128 · 24 June 1998 · T2000, Truck · Fuel System
- 1998149 · 22 July 1998 · T300 · Brakes
- 1996098 · 27 June 1996 · Trucks · Suspension
- 1996056 · 10 April 1996 · T800, T600, C500 · Lights And Instruments
- 1995226 · 14 December 1995 · Trucks · Brakes
- 1999072 · 28 April 1999 · Truck · Brakes
- 1995125 · 21 June 1995 · Truck · Steering
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.
- 1997136 · 13 August 1997 · Super B Train · Suspension
- 1997137 · 13 August 1997 · 9200, 5000, 9300 · Suspension
- 1997134 · 31 July 1997 · Mx-3 · Suspension
- 1997174 · 9 October 1997 · 7 Series · Suspension
- 1997125 · 26 June 1997 · Sunfire, Cavalier · Suspension
- 1997182 · 20 October 1997 · D20 Axle, D35 Axle, D28 Axle · Suspension
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Kenworth T2000, 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 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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