Western Star 4900. Published by Transport Canada as 2010201 on 14 June 2010. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain twin-steer 4900SA vehicles, the spacer used to connect the aft steer axle idler arm to the frame rail may develop cracks and eventually break under severe steering conditions. This would allow the idler arm to separate from the frame rail, resulting in diminished steering control, which could lead to a …
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Western Star 4900 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Western Star 4900 is named on 26 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
- 2010201
- Recall date
- 14 June 2010
- Make
- Western Star
- Models
- 4900
- Model years
- 2002 to 2011
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 608
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain twin-steer 4900SA vehicles, the spacer used to connect the aft steer axle idler arm to the frame rail may develop cracks and eventually break under severe steering conditions. This would allow the idler arm to separate from the frame rail, resulting in diminished steering control, which could lead to a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will replace the tubular shaped spacer bracket with a solid spacer block.
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 2010201.
Western Star elsewhere in this register
Western Star is named on 210 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2010144 · 3 May 2010 · Coronado, Cascadia, Columbia · Fuel System
- 2010250 · 26 July 2010 · Century, Coronado, 4900 · Fuel System
- 2010251 · 26 July 2010 · Acterra, Saf-T-Liner Fs-65 School Bus, Mt Chassis · Other
- 2010390 · 4 November 2010 · Cascadia, Business Class M2, 4900 · Label
- 2009294 · 14 October 2009 · Columbia, 9500, Century · Engine
- 2011076 · 21 February 2011 · 4900, Cascadia · Electrical
- 2009287 · 5 October 2009 · Century, 4900, Business Class M2 · Fuel System
- 2009288 · 5 October 2009 · Cascadia, Century, Columbia · Fuel System
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.
- 2010200 · 11 June 2010 · Prostar, 8600, Lonestar · Steering
- 2010216 · 30 June 2010 · W900, T660, T2000 · Steering
- 2010222 · 7 July 2010 · All American School Bus · Steering
- 2010227 · 13 July 2010 · Business Class M2, L-Line, Acterra · Steering
- 2010139 · 29 April 2010 · Sequoia · Steering
- 2010110 · 8 April 2010 · Grizzly 700 Fi (yfm7fg), Grizzly 550 Fi (yfm5fg) · Steering
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Western Star: 210 in the register, and 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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