Freightliner Century S/T, Columbia. Published by Transport Canada as 2007280 on 29 August 2007. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain trucks, the tie rod arms may have been incorrectly installed during vehicle assembly. If the right steering arm is installed on the left knuckle, excessive tie rod angles may loosen the threaded tie rod attachment to the steering rack. As a result, the tie rod assembly may fail, possibly causing a loss of …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2007280
- Recall date
- 29 August 2007
- Make
- Freightliner
- Models
- Century S/T, Columbia
- Model years
- 2005 to 2008
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trucks, the tie rod arms may have been incorrectly installed during vehicle assembly. If the right steering arm is installed on the left knuckle, excessive tie rod angles may loosen the threaded tie rod attachment to the steering rack. As a result, the tie rod assembly may fail, possibly causing a loss of vehicle control and a crash. Correction: Dealers will inspect for proper steering arm installation. Steering components will be replaced on trucks that have incorrectly installed tie rod arms.
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 2007280.
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.
- 2007279 · 29 August 2007 · Columbia, Coronado, Century S/T · Steering
- 2007270 · 23 August 2007 · Fs-65 School Bus Chassis, Fs-65 School Bus, Fb-65 Shuttle Bus Chassis · Steering
- 2007251 · 24 July 2007 · Classic XL, 4900, Century S/T · Fuel System
- 2007229 · 11 July 2007 · 4900, Business Class M2, Mvp-Ef Transit Bus · Steering
- 2007230 · 11 July 2007 · A-Line, 4900, Fld120sd Military · Suspension
- 2007231 · 11 July 2007 · Century S/T, Coronado, Classic XL · Brakes
- 2007232 · 11 July 2007 · Columbia, Century S/T, Coronado · Steering
- 2007215 · 26 June 2007 · Saf-T-Liner Fs-65 School Bus, Century S/T, Argosy · 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.
- 2007308 · 21 September 2007 · Essex Diesel Pusher Motorhome · Steering
- 2007310 · 24 September 2007 · Venture Lite (pz50vtw), Venture MP (pz50mpwl), Phazer ML (pz50mww) · Steering
- 2007229 · 11 July 2007 · 4900, Business Class M2, Mvp-Ef Transit Bus · Steering
- 2007232 · 11 July 2007 · Columbia, Century S/T, Coronado · Steering
- 2007320 · 4 October 2007 · Topkick 8500, Kodiak 8500 · Steering
- 2007340 · 22 October 2007 · Arrow XT, Enforcer, Lance · Steering
Reading this against the source
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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 Freightliner Columbia, 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 420 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2007.
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