Forest River Berkshire, Charleston. Published by Transport Canada as 2008144 on 29 April 2008. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the fasteners that attach the steering arm or tie rod arm to the spindle may have been over or under tightened during assembly process. Incorrectly torqued steering arm fasteners may fatigue and fracture, possibly causing a crash without warning. Correction: Dealers will inspect fasteners and …
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Forest River BERKSHIRE in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Forest River BERKSHIRE is named on 18 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
- 2008144
- Recall date
- 29 April 2008
- Make
- Forest River
- Models
- Berkshire, Charleston
- Model years
- 2007 to 2008
- Vehicle class
- Motorhome
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 22
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the fasteners that attach the steering arm or tie rod arm to the spindle may have been over or under tightened during assembly process. Incorrectly torqued steering arm fasteners may fatigue and fracture, possibly causing a crash without warning. Correction: Dealers will inspect fasteners and apply correct tightening torque.
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 2008144.
Forest River elsewhere in this register
Forest River is named on 239 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2008176 · 21 May 2008 · Charleston · Steering
- 2008230 · 27 June 2008 · Sandpiper, Tsunami, Surveyor · Other
- 2008051 · 13 February 2008 · Tsunami · Steering
- 2008285 · 14 August 2008 · Charleston, Berkshire · Other
- 2007399 · 11 December 2007 · Rockwood, Flagstaff · Other
- 2007372 · 19 November 2007 · All American XLR · Structure
- 2007354 · 5 November 2007 · Salem, Wildwood · Label
- 2009014 · 16 January 2009 · Georgetown, Georgetown XL · Structure
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.
- 2008138 · 28 April 2008 · Cross Country, Elite, Cross Country Se · Steering
- 2008139 · 28 April 2008 · Invitation · Steering
- 2008135 · 25 April 2008 · Cross Country, Pathfinder, Encore · Steering
- 2008136 · 24 April 2008 · Expedition, Excursion, Discovery · Steering
- 2008103 · 26 March 2008 · Allegro Bus · Steering
- 2008207 · 11 June 2008 · Route Star · 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 Forest River Charleston, 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 Forest River: 239 in the register, and 458 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2008.
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