Hino 268, 308. Published by Transport Canada as 2005238 on 16 August 2005. System: Brakes.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, front brake caliper mounting bolts may not have been torqued to specifications. Additionally, the front wheel bearings may be improperly adjusted. If the brake caliper bolts became loose, stopping distance would be increased. Correction: Dealers will torque the caliper mounting bolts and adjust …
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Hino 268 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005238
- Recall date
- 16 August 2005
- Make
- Hino
- Models
- 268, 308
- Model years
- 2006
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 6
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, front brake caliper mounting bolts may not have been torqued to specifications. Additionally, the front wheel bearings may be improperly adjusted. If the brake caliper bolts became loose, stopping distance would be increased. Correction: Dealers will torque the caliper mounting bolts and adjust wheel bearings.
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 2005238.
Hino elsewhere in this register
Hino is named on 47 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2005338 · 31 October 2005 · 238, 185, 338 · Other
- 2005156 · 19 May 2005 · 338, 268 · Brakes
- 2006128 · 24 May 2006 · 308, 238, 338 · Steering
- 2006130 · 24 May 2006 · 338, 308, 268 · Engine
- 2004342 · 17 September 2004 · 185, 238, 338 · Steering
- 2004323 · 9 September 2004 · 308, 238, 338 · Other
- 2004262 · 27 July 2004 · 308, 238, 268 · Steering
- 2004149 · 3 May 2004 · 338, 238, 308 · Steering
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.
- 2005226 · 8 August 2005 · Sportage · Brakes
- 2005212 · 18 July 2005 · Cheetah, Neptune, Cayman · Brakes
- 2005207 · 12 July 2005 · Police Road King (flhpei), Police Road King (flhpi), Police Electra Glide (flhtpi) · Brakes
- 2005204 · 11 July 2005 · CHN · Brakes
- 2005205 · 11 July 2005 · Sonata · Brakes
- 2005206 · 11 July 2005 · Tucson · Brakes
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Hino: 47 in the register, and 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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