Arctic Cat Firecat. Published by Transport Canada as 2003317 on 5 December 2003. System: Other.
What the notice says On certain snowmobiles, exposure to ultra-violet light during off-season storage may have caused a structural weakening of the red plastic skis. If ski failure should occur, a possibility of loss of control posing a risk of serious injury or death may occur. Correction: Dealer will replace all affected skis.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003317
- Recall date
- 5 December 2003
- Make
- Arctic Cat
- Models
- Firecat
- Model years
- 2003
- Vehicle class
- Snowmobile
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 635
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain snowmobiles, exposure to ultra-violet light during off-season storage may have caused a structural weakening of the red plastic skis. If ski failure should occur, a possibility of loss of control posing a risk of serious injury or death may occur. Correction: Dealer will replace all affected skis.
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 2003317.
Arctic Cat elsewhere in this register
Arctic Cat is named on 69 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2003126 · 9 May 2003 · Firecat 700, Firecat 500 Sno Pro, 440 Sno Pro · Other
- 2004325 · 9 September 2004 · Firecat, Sabercat · Other
- 2002116 · 6 June 2002 · 400 I 2x4, 500 I Automatic, 375 4x4 Automatic · Suspension
- 2005049 · 1 March 2005 · Z 370, T660 Turbo Touring, Z 370 LX · Other
- 2005058 · 8 March 2005 · 500 4x4 Automatic, 500 4x4 Automatic TBX, 500 4x4 Manual · Fuel System
- 2005274 · 20 September 2005 · Prowler XT · Brakes
- 2001299 · 28 December 2001 · 400 4x4, 375 2x4, 500 4x4 · Brakes
- 2001268 · 6 November 2001 · 500 · Structure
The same system: Other
398 notices in this register name Other. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2003320 · 8 December 2003 · Grand Vitara, Xl-7 · Other
- 2003324 · 10 December 2003 · Chaparral, Ultra Lite, Rendezvous · Other
- 2003303 · 27 November 2003 · Scout, Spirit, Scout Centennial · Other
- 2003307 · 27 November 2003 · Chief · Other
- 2000311 · 27 November 2003 · On My Way Position Right · Other
- 2003219 · 8 September 2003 · Concorde, 300m · Other
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 Arctic Cat: 69 in the register, and 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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