Western Star 4900. Published by Transport Canada as 2004085 on 8 March 2004. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the TRW drag link clamp assembly may contain an improperly torqued hex nut. If the final tightening of this nut is less than 65 ft.lbs, the clamp load would be unacceptably low and could compromise the integrity of the drag link to the point where the ball socket could separate causing a loss of …
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Western Star 4900 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Western Star 4900 is named on 26 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
- 2004085
- Recall date
- 8 March 2004
- Make
- Western Star
- Models
- 4900
- Model years
- 2003 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 80
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the TRW drag link clamp assembly may contain an improperly torqued hex nut. If the final tightening of this nut is less than 65 ft.lbs, the clamp load would be unacceptably low and could compromise the integrity of the drag link to the point where the ball socket could separate causing a loss of steering control which could result in a vehicle crash. Correction: Dealer will re-torque the drag link nut to between 70 and 85 ft.lbs.
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 2004085.
Western Star elsewhere in this register
Western Star is named on 210 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2004428 · 8 December 2004 · 4900, At9500, Columbia · Powertrain
- 2003179 · 29 July 2003 · Argosy, FLD, FLB · Suspension
- 2003158 · 19 June 2003 · FL112, Business Class M2, At9500 · Other
- 2005141 · 10 May 2005 · HDX School Bus, Mvp-Ef School Bus, 4900 · Heater And Defroster
- 2005140 · 10 June 2005 · Columbia, Acterra, XC Chassis · Wheels
- 2005266 · 14 September 2005 · Century S/T, Coronado, Classic XL · Steering
- 2005320 · 18 October 2005 · 4900, 5900, 6900 · Fuel System
- 2002222 · 21 November 2002 · Argosy, L-Line, A-Line · Other
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.
- 2004117 · 30 March 2004 · Spyder, Coupe · Steering
- 2004120 · 2 April 2004 · M380 · Steering
- 2004036 · 29 January 2004 · MC Shuttle Bus Chassis, Fs-65 School Bus Chassis, XC RV Chassis · Steering
- 2004207 · 22 June 2004 · 360 Modena, 360 Spider, 360 Challenge Stradale · Steering
- 2004212 · 6 July 2004 · Grand Prix · Steering
- 2004221 · 7 July 2004 · Motorhome · Steering
Reading this against the source
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Western Star 4900, 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 Western Star: 210 in the register, and 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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