Setra S417. Published by Transport Canada as 2006141 on 12 June 2006. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain coaches, the transverse control arm could fail. The highest load on the transverse control arm occurs during full application of the brake, briefly before the vehicle comes to a full stop. Extreme high loading of the transverse control arm, can lead to fracture of the front axle transverse control arm, …
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Setra S417 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Setra S417 is named on 15 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2006141
- Recall date
- 12 June 2006
- Make
- Setra
- Models
- S417
- Model years
- 2005 to 2006
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 16
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain coaches, the transverse control arm could fail. The highest load on the transverse control arm occurs during full application of the brake, briefly before the vehicle comes to a full stop. Extreme high loading of the transverse control arm, can lead to fracture of the front axle transverse control arm, which could result in a crash. Correction: Dealers will affect repairs.
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 2006141.
Setra elsewhere in this register
Setra is named on 17 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2006159 · 23 June 2006 · S417 · Engine
- 2007151 · 17 May 2007 · S417 · Electrical
- 2007152 · 17 May 2007 · S417 · Electrical
- 2008164 · 12 May 2008 · S217 · Suspension
- 2009033 · 2 February 2009 · S417, S215, S217 · Label
- 2010440 · 13 December 2010 · S417 · Visual System
- 2012394 · 26 November 2012 · S417 · Electrical
- 2013132 · 23 April 2013 · S417tc, S407 · Other
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.
- 2006134 · 7 June 2006 · 6 Series, 7 Series, 5 Series · Suspension
- 2006119 · 24 May 2006 · Quadracer 450 (lt-R450) · Suspension
- 2006175 · 17 July 2006 · Eightball, Vegas, Kingpin Deluxe · Suspension
- 2006104 · 4 May 2006 · Cougar 26sab · Suspension
- 2006084 · 19 April 2006 · Business Class M2, 6900, 4900 · Suspension
- 2006050 · 16 March 2006 · Gallardo · Suspension
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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 Setra S417, 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 Setra: 17 in the register, and 377 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2006.
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