Great Dane Trailer. Published by Transport Canada as 2003254 on 22 October 2003. System: Brakes.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, if the trailer-mounted ABS warning lamp circuit experiences an electrical short and the short is not repaired, the high side power switch inside the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) that controls the illumination of the trailer-mounted ABS warning lamp may eventually become thermally stressed and …
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Great Dane TRAILER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Great Dane TRAILER is named on 41 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003254
- Recall date
- 22 October 2003
- Make
- Great Dane
- Models
- Trailer
- Model years
- 2000 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- Heavy Trailer
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 5
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, if the trailer-mounted ABS warning lamp circuit experiences an electrical short and the short is not repaired, the high side power switch inside the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) that controls the illumination of the trailer-mounted ABS warning lamp may eventually become thermally stressed and experience an electrical short. If the power switch shorts, it can result in an over-current condition in the ECU and lead to excessive heat, smoke and possible fire. Correction: Dealer will affect repairs.
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 2003254.
Great Dane elsewhere in this register
Great Dane is named on 16 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2004029 · 23 January 2004 · Semi-Trailer · Brakes
- 1999217 · 30 November 1999 · P-Model Van Trailer · Structure
- 2011044 · 28 January 2011 · Super Seal · Suspension
- 2011049 · 1 February 2011 · Super Seal · Wheels
- 1995183 · 18 October 1995 · Trailer · Structure
- 2014133 · 15 April 2014 · FLT, FXP · Structure
- 2014354 · 19 August 2014 · Refrigerated Trailer, Flatbed Trailer · Suspension
- 2015340 · 28 July 2015 · Semi Trailer Vans · Brakes
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2003304 · 27 November 2003 · Chief · Brakes
- 2003222 · 10 September 2003 · WX, WXLL · Brakes
- 2003215 · 5 September 2003 · 550 Maranello, 456m, 550 Barchetta · Brakes
- 2003207 · 4 September 2003 · 456m GT, 456m Gta · Brakes
- 2003208 · 4 September 2003 · 360 Modena F1, 360 Modena · Brakes
- 2003209 · 4 September 2003 · F355 F1, F355 · Brakes
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 Great Dane: 16 in the register, and 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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