Sterling Acterra. Published by Transport Canada as 2001075 on 30 March 2001. System: Heater And Defroster.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, an undersized ground wire for the defroster blower motor switch can cause the switch to overheat and fail. This results in loss of the defrosting system. Correction: The defroster blower motor switch ground wire will be replaced with a suitable size wire for the expected loading.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2001075
- Recall date
- 30 March 2001
- Make
- Sterling
- Models
- Acterra
- Model years
- 2000
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Heater And Defroster
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 212
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, an undersized ground wire for the defroster blower motor switch can cause the switch to overheat and fail. This results in loss of the defrosting system. Correction: The defroster blower motor switch ground wire will be replaced with a suitable size wire for the expected loading.
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 2001075.
Sterling elsewhere in this register
Sterling is named on 84 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2001082 · 6 April 2001 · Acterra · Lights And Instruments
- 2001133 · 10 May 2001 · A-Line, L-Line, FLN · Suspension
- 2001139 · 23 May 2001 · FLN, Acterra · Brakes
- 2001167 · 19 June 2001 · L-Line, Century, Business Class · Brakes
- 2001288 · 10 December 2001 · L-Line, A-Line, Acterra · Suspension
- 2000258 · 27 October 2000 · Acterra · Brakes
- 2000202 · 26 September 2000 · Century, A-Line, Mt55 · Steering
- 2000172 · 28 August 2000 · Acterra, Business Class, FS65 School Bus Chassis · Brakes
The same system: Heater And Defroster
113 notices in this register name Heater And Defroster. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2001171 · 20 June 2001 · V40, S40 · Heater And Defroster
- 2000283 · 28 November 2000 · Mustang · Heater And Defroster
- 2003194 · 25 August 2003 · Corrado · Heater And Defroster
- 1998231 · 24 November 1998 · Corrado · Heater And Defroster
- 1998197 · 14 October 1998 · 7 Series, 5 Series, 8 Series · Heater And Defroster
- 1998120 · 9 June 1998 · D60lf · Heater And Defroster
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Sterling Acterra, 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 Sterling: 84 in the register, and 301 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2001.
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