Freightliner Fld, Condor, C2 School Bus, Fs65 School Bus, Classic, Coronado. Published by Transport Canada as 2005318 on 18 October 2005. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the rear spindles may fracture as a result of incorrect heat treat process during vehicle assembly. Rear spindle failure could allow the wheel, tire, and brake drum assembly to separate from the vehicle. The wheel end assembly could become a hazard for other traffic. Correction: Dealers will …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005318
- Recall date
- 18 October 2005
- Make
- Freightliner, Sterling, Thomas Built, Freightliner Custom Chassis (fccc)
- Models
- FLD, Condor, C2 School Bus, FS65 School Bus, Classic, Coronado, Century S/T, Business Class M2, XC RV Chassis, Acterra, Columbia, A-Line, Argosy, L-Line
- Model years
- 2005 to 2006
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 80
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the rear spindles may fracture as a result of incorrect heat treat process during vehicle assembly. Rear spindle failure could allow the wheel, tire, and brake drum assembly to separate from the vehicle. The wheel end assembly could become a hazard for other traffic. Correction: Dealers will inspect for the heat treat date code on the end of the rear spindles. Axle housings will be replaced on vehicles manufactured with spindles that have the subject date codes.
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 2005318.
Freightliner elsewhere in this register
Freightliner is named on 376 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2005319 · 18 October 2005 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Business Class M2 · Brakes
- 2005321 · 18 October 2005 · XC RV Chassis, Mt55 Van Chassis, Cargo · Fuel System
- 2005314 · 14 October 2005 · Business Class M2 · Other
- 2005292 · 5 October 2005 · XC RV Chassis, Business Class, L-Line · Steering
- 2005267 · 16 September 2005 · Fb-65 Shuttle Bus Chassis, Fs-65 School Bus Chassis · Brakes
- 2005266 · 14 September 2005 · Century S/T, Coronado, Classic XL · Steering
- 2005371 · 23 November 2005 · Business Class M2 · Steering
- 2005381 · 2 December 2005 · Columbia, A-Line, L-Line · Suspension
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2005330 · 27 October 2005 · VNL, VNM · Suspension
- 2005355 · 10 November 2005 · Commander · Suspension
- 2005368 · 23 November 2005 · Arnage R · Suspension
- 2005369 · 23 November 2005 · RSV 1000 R, RSV 1000 · Suspension
- 2005260 · 7 September 2005 · MDX · Suspension
- 2005377 · 30 November 2005 · VN · Suspension
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Freightliner Business Class M2, 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 Freightliner: 376 in the register, and 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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