Hino 338, 258, 238, 308, 268. Published by Transport Canada as 2007168 on 25 May 2007. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, corrosion and/or rust may develop on the automatic belt tensioner spindle and/or bushing causing the auto tensioner to become stiff or bind. This can cause the drive belt to suddenly come off, and/or the auto tensioner mounting bolts to suddenly break. If the drive belt comes off, the Alternator …
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Hino 338 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Hino 338 is named on 3 American notices and 2 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The Japanese register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2007168
- Recall date
- 25 May 2007
- Make
- Hino
- Models
- 338, 258, 238, 308, 268
- Model years
- 2005 to 2007
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,070
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, corrosion and/or rust may develop on the automatic belt tensioner spindle and/or bushing causing the auto tensioner to become stiff or bind. This can cause the drive belt to suddenly come off, and/or the auto tensioner mounting bolts to suddenly break. If the drive belt comes off, the Alternator Warning Lamp will illuminate. If the warning is ignored, an engine overheat condition and/or loss of vehicle power (engine stall) may occur which potentially could result in a crash. Correction: Dealers will replace tensioner, bolts and belt. Note: This recall supersedes recall 2006130.
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 2007168.
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.
- 2007045 · 26 February 2007 · 238, 258, 185 · Steering
- 2006336 · 4 December 2006 · 165, 185 · Brakes
- 2006337 · 4 December 2006 · 268, 338, 258 · Structure
- 2008155 · 6 May 2008 · 185, 165, 268 · Suspension
- 2006128 · 24 May 2006 · 308, 238, 338 · Steering
- 2006130 · 24 May 2006 · 338, 308, 268 · Engine
- 2008443 · 16 December 2008 · 338, 308, 268 · Brakes
- 2005338 · 31 October 2005 · 238, 185, 338 · Other
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2007202 · 19 June 2007 · Vulcan 900 Classic LT, Vulcan 900 Classic · Engine
- 2007203 · 19 June 2007 · Altima · Engine
- 2007204 · 20 June 2007 · T600, T800, T2000 · Engine
- 2007218 · 3 July 2007 · F800st, F800s · Engine
- 2007019 · 29 January 2007 · K1200r, K1200s, K1200gt · Engine
- 2007313 · 27 September 2007 · 9200i 6x4, 7600 4x2, 7600 6x4 · Engine
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Hino 268, 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 Hino: 47 in the register, and 420 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2007.
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