Damon Challenger, Outlaw, Intruder. Published by Transport Canada as 2006343 on 6 December 2006. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with Workhorse Custom Chassis, an incorrect steering intermediate shaft may have been installed. The incorrect part has a finer pitch spline. Use of the incorrect part may cause the spline not to match correctly with the steering gear input shaft. This could cause the spline to strip if …
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Damon CHALLENGER in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2006343
- Recall date
- 6 December 2006
- Make
- Damon
- Models
- Challenger, Outlaw, Intruder
- Model years
- 2005 to 2007
- Vehicle class
- Motorhome
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 11
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with Workhorse Custom Chassis, an incorrect steering intermediate shaft may have been installed. The incorrect part has a finer pitch spline. Use of the incorrect part may cause the spline not to match correctly with the steering gear input shaft. This could cause the spline to strip if the steering wheel is turned with a significant amount of force. This failure is likely only to occur when the vehicle is stopped or during tight turning manoeuvres at very low speeds. This condition may result in a loss of steering control. Correction: Dealers will replace the shaft.
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 2006343.
Damon elsewhere in this register
Damon is named on 30 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2006342 · 6 December 2006 · Daybreak, Intruder, Challenger · Fuel System
- 2006263 · 13 October 2006 · Daybreak, Challenger, Intruder · Other
- 2006106 · 5 May 2006 · Intruder, Daybreak, Challenger · Lights And Instruments
- 2007017 · 24 January 2007 · Ultrasport, Intruder, Escaper · Visual System
- 2007078 · 14 March 2007 · Daybreak, Frontier Flyer, Ultrasport · Other
- 2007408 · 14 December 2007 · Challenger, Daybreak · Lights And Instruments
- 2005257 · 6 September 2005 · Astoria · Tires
- 2008008 · 10 January 2008 · Escaper · Steering
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2006341 · 6 December 2006 · Allegro, Allegro Bay · Steering
- 2006333 · 1 December 2006 · Dolphin, Dolphin LX, Sea Breeze LX · Steering
- 2006314 · 17 November 2006 · T800, T600, W900 · Steering
- 2006306 · 14 November 2006 · Voyage, Sightseer, Suncruiser · Steering
- 2006300 · 8 November 2006 · Motorhome Chassis · Steering
- 2006238 · 28 September 2006 · Magellan, Windsport · Steering
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Damon Challenger, 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 Damon: 30 in the register, and 377 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2006.
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