What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2006054
- Recall date
- 8 March 2006
- Make
- Ditch Witch
- Models
- T18S
- Model years
- 2001 to 2005
- Vehicle class
- Light Trailer
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Compliance Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 57
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain Ditch Witch trailers fail to comply with the requirements of CMVSS 223 - Rear Impact Guard. The manufacturer did not equip the trailer with an adequate rear impact guard during assembly. A rear impact guard is a device installed on or near the rear of a trailer so that, when the trailer is struck from the rear, the device limits the distance that the striking vehicle's front end slides under the rear end of the trailer. Correction: Dealers will install a rear impact guard.
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 2006054.