Girardin Mbii, Mbiv. Published by Transport Canada as 2005236 on 16 August 2005. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain school buses, the microswitch which controls the stop arm position can malfunction intermittently in operating conditions below 0 degrees Celsius, possibly causing the stop arm to open or close to an improper position or not open at all. This could lead to a vehicle passing a stopped school bus and …
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Girardin MBII in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005236
- Recall date
- 16 August 2005
- Make
- Girardin
- Models
- Mbii, Mbiv
- Model years
- 2001 to 2005
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 652
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain school buses, the microswitch which controls the stop arm position can malfunction intermittently in operating conditions below 0 degrees Celsius, possibly causing the stop arm to open or close to an improper position or not open at all. This could lead to a vehicle passing a stopped school bus and possibly striking pedestrians. Vehicles that include a stop arm switch heater may not have the heater wire connected, which can result in the same failure mode. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replace the microswitch plate subassembly and connect the heater wire if not already connected.
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 2005236.
Girardin elsewhere in this register
Girardin is named on 50 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2005255 · 2 September 2005 · Mbiv · Structure
- 2005101 · 8 April 2005 · Mbiv, Mbii · Seats And Restraints
- 2005020 · 26 January 2005 · Mbiv, Mbii · Electrical
- 2006169 · 12 July 2006 · Mbii School Bus, Mbiv Commercial Bus, Mbii Commercial Bus · Lights And Instruments
- 2006174 · 17 July 2006 · Mbiv Commercial Bus, Mbiv School Bus · Visual System
- 2004320 · 3 September 2004 · Mbii · Seats And Restraints
- 2003232 · 26 September 2003 · Minibus · Seats And Restraints
- 2007413 · 17 December 2007 · Mbiv School Bus, Mbii Commercial Bus, Mbii School Bus · Electrical
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2005231 · 9 August 2005 · Greyhawk Motorhome · Electrical
- 2005220 · 20 July 2005 · Rx-8 · Electrical
- 2005214 · 19 July 2005 · Fe School Bus, Ce School Bus, Be School Bus · Electrical
- 2005208 · 13 July 2005 · Murano · Electrical
- 2005302 · 11 October 2005 · All American Non-School Bus, All American School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Electrical
- 2005303 · 11 October 2005 · Escapade Motorhome, Greyhawk Motorhome · Electrical
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Girardin: 50 in the register, and 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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