Freightliner 108Sd, 114Sd, Business Class M2. Published by Transport Canada as 2013088 on 20 March 2013. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain trucks, the customizable SmartPlex switch hub module may experience intermittent electrical shorts. As a range of equipment may have been connected to the switch hub module by final stage vehicle manufacturers; depending on vehicle configuration and intended use, these electrical shorts could have varied …
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Freightliner 108SD in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Freightliner 108SD is named on 19 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2013088
- Recall date
- 20 March 2013
- Make
- Freightliner
- Models
- 108sd, 114sd, Business Class M2
- Model years
- 2012 to 2013
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 56
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trucks, the customizable SmartPlex switch hub module may experience intermittent electrical shorts. As a range of equipment may have been connected to the switch hub module by final stage vehicle manufacturers; depending on vehicle configuration and intended use, these electrical shorts could have varied consequences. These may include the erratic operation of emergency, warning and/or work lights, the unexpected activation of a remote engine starter or the intermittent and/or uncontrolled operation of other body equipment. These or other malfunctions may result in an increased risk to road users, operators or bystanders. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the switch hub module.
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 2013088.
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.
- 2013086 · 15 March 2013 · Cascadia · Lights And Instruments
- 2013110 · 8 April 2013 · Cascadia, Coronado · Lights And Instruments
- 2013299 · 4 September 2013 · Cascadia · Brakes
- 2013349 · 7 October 2013 · Business Class M2 · Engine
- 2013427 · 27 November 2013 · Coronado, Cascadia, 122sd · Seats And Restraints
- 2013448 · 18 December 2013 · Business Class M2 · Powertrain
- 2012442 · 21 December 2012 · Coronado, Cascadia · Other
- 2012357 · 19 October 2012 · Cascadia, Coronado, 4900 · Wheels
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2013107 · 8 April 2013 · All American School Bus · Electrical
- 2013108 · 8 April 2013 · All American Non-School Bus · Electrical
- 2013024 · 23 January 2013 · Winner'S Circle, Grand Junction, Monte Vista · Electrical
- 2013015 · 17 January 2013 · Synergy · Electrical
- 2013010 · 16 January 2013 · Durastar, Ce Commercial Bus, Workstar · Electrical
- 2013011 · 16 January 2013 · Ambassador, Diplomat, Endeavor · Electrical
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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 466 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2013.
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