American Lafrance Fire Truck. Published by Transport Canada as 1999122 on 22 June 1999. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the wiring used in the harness for the air tank drain heater was undersized. If there is a short in the heater and the circuit breaker does not trip, the harness will overheat, possibly resulting in a fire. Correction: A wiring harness with larger gauge wires will be installed.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999122
- Recall date
- 22 June 1999
- Make
- American Lafrance
- Models
- Fire Truck
- Model years
- 1997 to 1999
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 14
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the wiring used in the harness for the air tank drain heater was undersized. If there is a short in the heater and the circuit breaker does not trip, the harness will overheat, possibly resulting in a fire. Correction: A wiring harness with larger gauge wires will be installed.
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 1999122.
American Lafrance elsewhere in this register
American Lafrance is named on 12 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1998064 · 8 April 1998 · Eagle · Brakes
- 1998063 · 7 April 1998 · Eagle · Seats And Restraints
- 2000257 · 27 October 2000 · Metropolitan · Seats And Restraints
- 2001276 · 30 November 2001 · XC Chassis, Eagle, VCL Chassis · Other
- 2002001 · 2 January 2002 · Metropolitan, Condor, Riv · Brakes
- 2002197 · 1 November 2002 · L-Line, Mt Step Van Custom Chassis, A-Line · Steering
- 2004203 · 17 June 2004 · Eagle, Metropolitan · Other
- 2006084 · 19 April 2006 · Business Class M2, 6900, 4900 · Suspension
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.
- 1999124 · 21 June 1999 · Argosy · Electrical
- 1999111 · 8 June 1999 · Tioga · Electrical
- 1999106 · 1 June 1999 · I30 · Electrical
- 1999031 · 2 March 1999 · Aerostar · Electrical
- 1999032 · 2 March 1999 · Aerostar · Electrical
- 1999027 · 23 February 1999 · Ram · Electrical
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 American Lafrance: 12 in the register, and 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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