Freightliner Custom Chassis (Fccc) Xc Motor Coach Chassis, Mvp-Ef, 4900, 4800, 5900, 5800. Published by Transport Canada as 2001085 on 6 April 2001. System: Steering.
What the notice says Certain vehicles equipped with tie rod assemblies manufactured by TRW. The suspect tie rods contain 24-DL model ball sockets. Certain of the tie rod ball-socket bearings have a below specification case depth and/or hardness, which can lead to premature wear of the socket. If this condition occurs, the driver can lose …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2001085
- Recall date
- 6 April 2001
- Make
- Freightliner Custom Chassis (fccc), Thomas Built, Western Star, Freightliner
- Models
- XC Motor Coach Chassis, Mvp-Ef, 4900, 4800, 5900, 5800, 6900, FLD, FLB, Century, FLN, Argosy, Cargo, FS65 School Bus Chassis, Mvp-Er, Transit Liner Er, S112
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,537
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles equipped with tie rod assemblies manufactured by TRW. The suspect tie rods contain 24-DL model ball sockets. Certain of the tie rod ball-socket bearings have a below specification case depth and/or hardness, which can lead to premature wear of the socket. If this condition occurs, the driver can lose partial control of the right front wheel, possibly resulting in a crash. Correction: Dealers will replace the defective ball sockets and/or drag links.
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 2001085.
Freightliner Custom Chassis (fccc) elsewhere in this register
Freightliner Custom Chassis (fccc) is named on 64 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2001080 · 5 April 2001 · VCL RV Chassis, XCS RV Chassis, XC RV Chassis · Engine
- 2001083 · 16 April 2001 · Mt, MB, MC · Brakes
- 2001047 · 9 January 2001 · XC RV Chassis, XCS RV Chassis, VCL RV Chassis · Suspension
- 2001234 · 20 September 2001 · FS65 School Bus Chassis, Conventional School Bus · Electrical
- 2000202 · 26 September 2000 · Century, A-Line, Mt55 · Steering
- 2000203 · 26 September 2000 · Xca RV Chassis, XC RV Chassis, VCL RV Chassis · Brakes
- 2000204 · 26 September 2000 · XC RV Chassis · Suspension
- 2000205 · 26 September 2000 · XC Chassis · 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.
- 2001140 · 19 April 2001 · T60, T70, B7 · Steering
- 2001235 · 10 March 2001 · 9-3 · Steering
- 2002103 · 3 March 2001 · Passat · Steering
- 2002104 · 3 March 2001 · A6, A8, A4 · Steering
- 2001103 · 16 May 2001 · 378, 357, 379 · Steering
- 2001106 · 17 May 2001 · T800, 320, T600 · 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 Freightliner Custom Chassis (fccc): 64 in the register, and 301 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2001.
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