Freightliner Business Class M2, L-Line, Acterra, A-Line, Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2010227 on 13 July 2010. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the weld around the steering shaft tube, which joins the splined tube to the non-splined intermediate tube, may be mislocated. An improperly located weld bead may allow the splined tube and non-splined tube to rotate relative one another during a low speed, high torque turn, resulting in a …
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Freightliner BUSINESS CLASS M2 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010227
- Recall date
- 13 July 2010
- Make
- Freightliner, Sterling, Thomas Built
- Models
- Business Class M2, L-Line, Acterra, A-Line, Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus
- Model years
- 2009 to 2010
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,752
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the weld around the steering shaft tube, which joins the splined tube to the non-splined intermediate tube, may be mislocated. An improperly located weld bead may allow the splined tube and non-splined tube to rotate relative one another during a low speed, high torque turn, resulting in a possible separation of the tubes. This could cause a loss of steering control which could result in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the steering shaft.
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 2010227.
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.
- 2010250 · 26 July 2010 · Century, Coronado, 4900 · Fuel System
- 2010251 · 26 July 2010 · Acterra, Saf-T-Liner Fs-65 School Bus, Mt Chassis · Other
- 2010258 · 3 August 2010 · Business Class M2 · Lights And Instruments
- 2010144 · 3 May 2010 · Coronado, Cascadia, Columbia · Fuel System
- 2010130 · 22 April 2010 · Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus, Business Class M2, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Lights And Instruments
- 2010390 · 4 November 2010 · Cascadia, Business Class M2, 4900 · Label
- 2010076 · 16 March 2010 · Cascadia · Seats And Restraints
- 2011010 · 7 January 2011 · Business Class M2 · Seats And Restraints
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.
- 2010222 · 7 July 2010 · All American School Bus · Steering
- 2010216 · 30 June 2010 · W900, T660, T2000 · Steering
- 2010201 · 14 June 2010 · 4900 · Steering
- 2010200 · 11 June 2010 · Prostar, 8600, Lonestar · Steering
- 2010311 · 15 September 2010 · LFS · Steering
- 2010313 · 15 September 2010 · Spyder · 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 Freightliner: 376 in the register, and 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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