Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, Columbia, 4900, Coronado. Published by Transport Canada as 2012193 on 29 June 2012. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain trucks, the front axle knuckles may have been manufactured incorrectly, which could lead to shorter than expected bearing and knuckle life. In some instances, this could result in separation of the wheel from the axle. A wheel separating from the vehicle could cause a loss of control and a crash. In …
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Freightliner CASCADIA in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2012193
- Recall date
- 29 June 2012
- Make
- Freightliner, Western Star
- Models
- Cascadia, Business Class M2, Columbia, 4900, Coronado
- Model years
- 2013
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 44
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trucks, the front axle knuckles may have been manufactured incorrectly, which could lead to shorter than expected bearing and knuckle life. In some instances, this could result in separation of the wheel from the axle. A wheel separating from the vehicle could cause a loss of control and a crash. In addition, the errant wheel assembly could strike a vehicle, stationary object or a bystander. These issues could result in property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the front axle knuckles.
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 2012193.
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.
- 2012281 · 15 August 2012 · 114sd, Coronado, 4700 · Brakes
- 2012139 · 23 April 2012 · Cascadia, Columbia, Coronado · Brakes
- 2012113 · 30 March 2012 · Cascadia, 4900 · Seats And Restraints
- 2012119 · 30 March 2012 · 108sd, Business Class M2, 114sd · Steering
- 2012357 · 19 October 2012 · Cascadia, Coronado, 4900 · Wheels
- 2012080 · 27 February 2012 · 4900, 4700, Century · Fuel System
- 2012442 · 21 December 2012 · Coronado, Cascadia · Other
- 2011439 · 22 December 2011 · Business Class M2, 4900 · Engine
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.
- 2012200 · 5 July 2012 · X3-45 Vip, X3-45 Coach, XL2 Entertainer Bus Shell · Steering
- 2012131 · 17 April 2012 · Terrastar · Steering
- 2012310 · 19 September 2012 · Frontier · Steering
- 2012326 · 28 September 2012 · Accord · Steering
- 2012119 · 30 March 2012 · 108sd, Business Class M2, 114sd · Steering
- 2012105 · 22 March 2012 · Suburban, Savana, Express · 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 Freightliner Business Class M2, 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 Freightliner: 376 in the register, and 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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