Viking Legend. Published by Transport Canada as 1998172 on 27 August 1998. System: Electrical.
What the notice says These campers are equipped with a fan/light appliance which is portable and has a coiled power cord with a plug, which is plugged into a fixed 12-volt light fixture. failure of the fan motor can result in an overload in the coiled power supply wires which in turn may melt the wires and create a fire …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998172
- Recall date
- 27 August 1998
- Make
- Viking
- Models
- Legend
- Model years
- 1998 to 1999
- Vehicle class
- RV Trailer
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 435
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THESE CAMPERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH A FAN/LIGHT APPLIANCE WHICH IS PORTABLE AND HAS A COILED POWER CORD WITH A PLUG, WHICH IS PLUGGED INTO A FIXED 12-VOLT LIGHT FIXTURE. FAILURE OF THE FAN MOTOR CAN RESULT IN AN OVERLOAD IN THE COILED POWER SUPPLY WIRES WHICH IN TURN MAY MELT THE WIRES AND CREATE A FIRE RISK.
CORRECTION: FAN LIGHTS WILL BE REPLACED WITH TWO PORTABLE LIGHTS.
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 1998172.
Viking elsewhere in this register
Viking is named on 4 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2005243 · 22 August 2005 · Clipper Sport, Epic, Saga · Structure
- 2008355 · 30 September 2008 · Epic, Sport Camping · Label
- 2016434 · 7 September 2016 · V-Express9.0, C-Express9.0 · Structure
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998202 · 21 October 1998 · 626 · Electrical
- 1998116 · 5 June 1998 · 9300, 9800, 9200 · Electrical
- 1998217 · 10 November 1998 · Q45 · Electrical
- 1998101 · 20 May 1998 · Beetle · Electrical
- 1998025 · 16 February 1998 · Diablo Roadster · Electrical
- 1998023 · 10 February 1998 · Cavalier, Sunfire, Achieva · Electrical
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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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Autocar Legend, 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: 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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