Orion Vi. Published by Transport Canada as 1997149 on 28 August 1997. System: Steering.
What the notice says Note: low floor buses.
the driver's side steering relay arms on these vehicles may fracture and fail. this would result in loss of steering control and a crash without prior warning.
correction: steering arms will be replaced.
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Orion VI in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Orion VI is named on 7 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
- 1997149
- Recall date
- 28 August 1997
- Make
- Orion
- Models
- Vi
- Model years
- 1996 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 152
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: LOW FLOOR BUSES.
THE DRIVER'S SIDE STEERING RELAY ARMS ON THESE VEHICLES MAY FRACTURE AND FAIL. THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: STEERING ARMS WILL BE REPLACED.
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 1997149.
Orion elsewhere in this register
Orion is named on 52 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1997199 · 13 November 1997 · V · Fuel System
- 1998075 · 20 April 1998 · V, Vi · Brakes
- 1998111 · 28 May 1998 · V, Vi · Heater And Defroster
- 1998139 · 17 July 1998 · Ii · Engine
- 1998140 · 20 July 1998 · Vi · Brakes
- 1998156 · 29 July 1998 · Vi, V · Steering
- 1996143 · 18 September 1996 · V · Steering
- 1996129 · 6 September 1996 · Ii · Engine
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1997131 · 17 July 1997 · Century · Steering
- 1997130 · 4 July 1997 · 600 XC, 600 XCR, Ultra SP · Steering
- 1997120 · 18 June 1997 · Ball Joint · Steering
- 1997113 · 6 June 1997 · Tl1000sv · Steering
- 1997212 · 26 November 1997 · S2t Thunderbolt · Steering
- 1997229 · 22 December 1997 · CH, CL · Steering
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 Orion: 52 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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