Sterling L-Line, Xc Chassis, Business Class, Business Class M2, Acterra. Published by Transport Canada as 2003039 on 19 February 2003. System: Engine.
What the notice says Certain trucks equipped with a 2002 Caterpillar 3126E engine and an HEP8 injection oil pump were assembled with out of specification pump components and may experience a high pressure seal failure which could result in a short period of rough running and subsequent engine stall due to loss of injection actuation …
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Sterling L-LINE in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003039
- Recall date
- 19 February 2003
- Make
- Sterling, Freightliner
- Models
- L-Line, XC Chassis, Business Class, Business Class M2, Acterra
- Model years
- 2002
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 100
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain trucks equipped with a 2002 Caterpillar 3126E engine and an HEP8 injection oil pump were assembled with out of specification pump components and may experience a high pressure seal failure which could result in a short period of rough running and subsequent engine stall due to loss of injection actuation pressure. Once engine stall occurs, the engine cannot be restarted. Steering boost and primary braking would be limited, secondary braking would be available. Correction: The injection pump will be replaced.
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 2003039.
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.
- 2003017 · 24 January 2003 · Acterra, Business Class · Brakes
- 2003158 · 19 June 2003 · FL112, Business Class M2, At9500 · Other
- 2003179 · 29 July 2003 · Argosy, FLD, FLB · Suspension
- 2002241 · 17 December 2002 · Acterra, Business Class M2 · Powertrain
- 2002222 · 21 November 2002 · Argosy, L-Line, A-Line · Other
- 2002197 · 1 November 2002 · L-Line, Mt Step Van Custom Chassis, A-Line · Steering
- 2002065 · 4 April 2002 · 4900, Century, Argosy · Electrical
- 2004058 · 13 February 2004 · Columbia, Business Class M2, Acterra · Powertrain
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.
- 2003110 · 24 April 2003 · C40lf · Engine
- 2003113 · 24 April 2003 · 9000 Series · Engine
- 2003202 · 27 August 2003 · 7 Series · Engine
- 2003212 · 4 September 2003 · 360 Modena F1, 360 Modena · Engine
- 2002204 · 13 November 2002 · Frontier, Xterra · Engine
- 2002107 · 6 July 2002 · Ram Van · Engine
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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 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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