Caterpillar C-12 Engine, C-10 Engine, 3406E Engine. Published by Transport Canada as 2000161 on 25 July 2000. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with EATON Auto Shift transmissions and an Auto Retarder in Cruise options, if the driver initiates a downshift when the cruise control is being used and the Auto Retarder in Cruise is on, the retarder may stall the engine without prior warning when the transmission shifts into neutral …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2000161
- Recall date
- 25 July 2000
- Make
- Caterpillar
- Models
- C-12 Engine, C-10 Engine, 3406e Engine
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 40
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with EATON Auto Shift transmissions and an Auto Retarder in Cruise options, if the driver initiates a downshift when the cruise control is being used and the Auto Retarder in Cruise is on, the retarder may stall the engine without prior warning when the transmission shifts into neutral without prior warning. This is due to incorrect programming of the engine Electronic Control Module. Correction: Electronic Control Module will be reprogrammed with a software update.
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 2000161.
Caterpillar elsewhere in this register
Caterpillar is named on 8 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1999168 · 20 September 1999 · 3116 Engine · Engine
- 1992133 · 22 October 1992 · 3306b Engine, 3406b Engine · Fuel System
- 2010211 · 24 June 2010 · C7 Engine · Fuel System
- 2011328 · 1 September 2011 · CT660 · Electrical
- 2012061 · 16 February 2012 · CT660 · Brakes
- 2013030 · 29 January 2013 · CT660 · Lights And Instruments
- 2014057 · 25 February 2014 · CT660 · Brakes
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2000205 · 26 September 2000 · XC Chassis · Engine
- 2000218 · 5 October 2000 · K1200rs · Engine
- 2000219 · 5 October 2000 · K1200rs · Engine
- 2000221 · 6 October 2000 · TC/2000 Non-School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus, All American School Bus · Engine
- 2000109 · 28 April 2000 · Cavalier, Sunfire · Engine
- 2000306 · 29 December 2000 · Aerostar · Engine
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Caterpillar: 8 in the register, and 311 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2000.
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