Doepker Steel Grain Bulker Pup, Aluminum Bulker A-Train, Fold Down A-Train. Published by Transport Canada as 2003257 on 22 October 2003. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Certain trailers were manufactured with a non-ABS braking system on the front, steerable, axle. The use of conventional (non-ABS) brakes on the front axle could allow a wheel lockup that could in turn lead to jackknifing the trailer. This is particularly a concern when braking hard on a reduced friction surface such …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003257
- Recall date
- 22 October 2003
- Make
- Doepker
- Models
- Steel Grain Bulker Pup, Aluminum Bulker A-Train, Fold Down A-Train
- Model years
- 2001 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- Heavy Trailer
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 4
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain trailers were manufactured with a non-ABS braking system on the front, steerable, axle. The use of conventional (non-ABS) brakes on the front axle could allow a wheel lockup that could in turn lead to jackknifing the trailer. This is particularly a concern when braking hard on a reduced friction surface such as snow or ice. Correction: Dealer will install ABS on the front axle.
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 2003257.
Doepker elsewhere in this register
Doepker is named on 13 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2002209 · 14 November 2002 · Flat Deck, Logging, Specialty Beet Hauler · Brakes
- 2002004 · 9 January 2002 · Hi-Boy Flat Deck, Drop Deck · Structure
- 2006028 · 3 February 2006 · Single Logger, Tandem B Logger, Super B Logger · Other
- 2006120 · 24 May 2006 · Flat Deck · Other
- 2006296 · 6 November 2006 · 36' Open End Tandem Bulker, 42' Open End Tandem Bulker, 48' Double Drop Detach · Brakes
- 2008115 · 4 April 2008 · Tridem Spring Ride Pony Pup, Tandem Spring Ride Pony Pup · Structure
- 2010135 · 28 April 2010 · Tridem Dump Gravel · Other
- 2011006 · 5 January 2011 · Steel Bulker, Aluminum Bulker · Accessories
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 Doepker: 13 in the register, and 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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