Unimog U500. Published by Transport Canada as 2010109 on 8 April 2010. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain trucks, the front and/or rear suspension transverse control arm may contain an out of specification weld. Under severe driving conditions this control arm may fail causing a separation of the control arm from the suspension and result in a loss of vehicle control. The loss of the vehicle control may …
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Unimog U500 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010109
- Recall date
- 8 April 2010
- Make
- Unimog
- Models
- U500
- Model years
- 2002 to 2006
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 27
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trucks, the front and/or rear suspension transverse control arm may contain an out of specification weld. Under severe driving conditions this control arm may fail causing a separation of the control arm from the suspension and result in a loss of vehicle control. The loss of the vehicle control may result in a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will inspect and replaced affected transverse control arms.
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Unimog elsewhere in this register
Unimog is named on 5 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2006322 · 23 November 2006 · U500 · Powertrain
- 2006162 · 4 July 2006 · U500 · Powertrain
- 2004408 · 22 November 2004 · U500 · Tires
- 2003115 · 30 April 2003 · U500 · Other
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010141 · 30 April 2010 · Xtreme Snowmobile Trailer · Suspension
- 2010142 · 30 April 2010 · T660, T2000, W900 · Suspension
- 2010070 · 9 March 2010 · Commander, Grand Cherokee · Suspension
- 2010159 · 26 May 2010 · Xterra, Titan, Armada · Suspension
- 2010162 · 27 May 2010 · Chrysler Town & Country Entervan, Dodge Caravan Entervan · Suspension
- 2010166 · 27 May 2010 · Equator · Suspension
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