Spartan Diamond, Gladiator. Published by Transport Canada as 2013443 on 13 December 2013. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with Ridewell independent front suspension systems, critical welds on the suspension cradle could crack, allowing the steering bell crank to separate from the cradle, resulting in a loss of steering. This could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. …
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Spartan DIAMOND in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2013443
- Recall date
- 13 December 2013
- Make
- Spartan
- Models
- Diamond, Gladiator
- Model years
- 2006 to 2010
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 6
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with Ridewell independent front suspension systems, critical welds on the suspension cradle could crack, allowing the steering bell crank to separate from the cradle, resulting in a loss of steering. This could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Reinforcing brackets will be installed.
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 2013443.
Spartan elsewhere in this register
Spartan is named on 54 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2013433 · 6 December 2013 · Gladiator, Metro Star · Seats And Restraints
- 2013276 · 9 August 2013 · RMP100 (rear Mount Platform - 100ft), MMP100 ( Mid Mount Platform - 100ft) · Other
- 2013278 · 9 August 2013 · Star Series · Other
- 2013223 · 26 June 2013 · Gladiator, Metro Star · Airbag
- 2013066 · 27 February 2013 · Gladiator, Metro Star · Airbag
- 2013050 · 8 February 2013 · RMP100 (rear Mount Platform - 100ft), MMP100 ( Mid Mount Platform - 100ft) · Electrical
- 2013051 · 8 February 2013 · Rma103 (rear Mount Aerial - 103ft) · Other
- 2014027 · 30 January 2014 · Gladiator · Engine
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.
- 2013436 · 13 December 2013 · Mb200c · Suspension
- 2013445 · 18 December 2013 · Cornerstone, Anthem · Suspension
- 2013447 · 18 December 2013 · RLX · Suspension
- 2013383 · 4 November 2013 · All American Non-School Bus, Conventional Non-School Bus · Suspension
- 2013384 · 4 November 2013 · Conventional School Bus, All American School Bus · Suspension
- 2013327 · 25 September 2013 · RAV4, HS 250h · Suspension
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Spartan: 54 in the register, and 466 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2013.
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