Sportscoach Encore. Published by Transport Canada as 2008041 on 6 February 2008. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain motorhomes, the steering gear may have been assembled with an incorrect recirculating ball spacer which could allow the recirculating balls to escape from the ball circuit, resulting in a loss of steering. The operator may notice higher required steering wheel inputs, or the need for more steering wheel …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2008041
- Recall date
- 6 February 2008
- Make
- Sportscoach
- Models
- Encore
- Model years
- 2007
- Vehicle class
- Motorhome
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 3
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorhomes, the steering gear may have been assembled with an incorrect recirculating ball spacer which could allow the recirculating balls to escape from the ball circuit, resulting in a loss of steering. The operator may notice higher required steering wheel inputs, or the need for more steering wheel adjustments while driving in a straight line in combination with metallic cracking noises prior to a loss of steering. Loss of steering control could result in a vehicle crash causing injury or death. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if required, replace the steering gear assembly.
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 2008041.
Sportscoach elsewhere in this register
Sportscoach is named on 10 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2008135 · 25 April 2008 · Cross Country, Pathfinder, Encore · Steering
- 2008138 · 28 April 2008 · Cross Country, Elite, Cross Country Se · Steering
- 2008220 · 24 June 2008 · Somerset Dreamcatcher, Mirada, Captiva · Other
- 2008439 · 15 December 2008 · Cruise Air XL, Pursuit, Cheyenne · Other
- 2007316 · 1 October 2007 · Elite · Engine
- 2005196 · 29 June 2005 · Cross Country, Elite, Encore · Electrical
- 2011043 · 27 January 2011 · Aurora, Pursuit, Maverick · Accessories
- 2011048 · 31 January 2011 · Elite, Santara, Somerset · Accessories
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.
- 2008036 · 5 February 2008 · Empress · Steering
- 2008027 · 31 January 2008 · Tuscany, Astoria, Astoria Pacific · Steering
- 2008028 · 31 January 2008 · M1235 · Steering
- 2008012 · 14 January 2008 · Dash · Steering
- 2008010 · 11 January 2008 · Mountain Aire Diesel Pusher Motorhome, Dutch Star Diesel Pusher Motorhome · Steering
- 2008008 · 10 January 2008 · Escaper · 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 Buick Encore, 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 Sportscoach: 10 in the register, and 458 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2008.
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