Peterbilt 330, T300. Published by Transport Canada as 2004296 on 23 August 2004. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the Cummins engines were assembled using a pneumatic tool to install the boss plug, in which the air pressure was set high enough to create stresses in the cylinder block casting. These stresses could eventually create open cracks in the cylinder block or result in less than adequate clamping …
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Peterbilt 330 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004296
- Recall date
- 23 August 2004
- Make
- Peterbilt, Kenworth
- Models
- 330, T300
- Model years
- 2004
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the Cummins engines were assembled using a pneumatic tool to install the boss plug, in which the air pressure was set high enough to create stresses in the cylinder block casting. These stresses could eventually create open cracks in the cylinder block or result in less than adequate clamping pressure around the plug. When the plug loses it's clamping pressure, it will loosen from the cavity, causing an oil leak. This leakage of oil, near the exhaust manifold and turbocharger has the potential to ignite and cause a fire in the engine compartment. Correction: Cummins will install a steel cup plug boss cap which is attached over the boss/cup plug location with industrial sealant.
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 2004296.
Peterbilt elsewhere in this register
Peterbilt is named on 215 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2004066 · 18 February 2004 · 378, 385, 379 · Brakes
- 2005127 · 29 April 2005 · T600, T800, T2000 · Suspension
- 2003250 · 21 October 2003 · 387, 378, 357 · Steering
- 2003197 · 25 August 2003 · T300, 330 · Other
- 2003187 · 7 August 2003 · 385, T300, 379 · Suspension
- 2005273 · 20 September 2005 · 335, T300 · Brakes
- 2005372 · 24 November 2005 · T800, T600, 387 · Other
- 2003121 · 5 May 2003 · W900, T600, T800 · Other
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.
- 2004304 · 24 August 2004 · Epica · Engine
- 2004415 · 24 November 2004 · Knight, Ambassador, Santiam · Engine
- 2004111 · 23 March 2004 · 7300 4x4, 7400 6x6, 7500 4x4 · Engine
- 2005019 · 29 January 2005 · V, Vi · Engine
- 2005203 · 11 July 2005 · D40lf, D40i · Engine
- 2005211 · 13 July 2005 · Escort Rea · Engine
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Peterbilt: 215 in the register, and 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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