Freightliner Cascadia. Published by Transport Canada as 2016113 on 8 March 2016. System: Heater And Defroster.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with Bergstrom Parksmart HVAC units, there maybe be inadequate electrical contact within the connector at the top of the compressor. This could cause an increased resistance in the circuit resulting in localized heating, which would increase the risk of fire causing injury and/or damage to …
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Freightliner CASCADIA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Freightliner CASCADIA is named on 73 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2016113
- Recall date
- 8 March 2016
- Make
- Freightliner
- Models
- Cascadia
- Model years
- 2015 to 2016
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Heater And Defroster
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,282
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with Bergstrom Parksmart HVAC units, there maybe be inadequate electrical contact within the connector at the top of the compressor. This could cause an increased resistance in the circuit resulting in localized heating, which would increase the risk of fire causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will remove the open style design connector cap and replace it with an improved closed design cap, and will also inspect the compressor connector terminal for any signs of heat discolouration and replace the harness if discolouration is found.
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 2016113.
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.
- 2016176 · 22 April 2016 · 108sd, Business Class M2 · Brakes
- 2016240 · 19 May 2016 · Typhoon, Cyclone, M2 · Other
- 2016285 · 6 June 2016 · Cascadia, 4900, 122sd · Engine
- 2016419 · 30 August 2016 · Business Class M2, 5700 Xe, 4800 · Wheels
- 2016441 · 9 September 2016 · Cascadia · Fuel System
- 2016442 · 9 September 2016 · Business Class M2, 114sd · Brakes
- 2016608 · 6 December 2016 · Business Class M2, Cascadia · Tires
- 2015484 · 16 October 2015 · Cascadia, Business Class M2, 4900 · Engine
The same system: Heater And Defroster
113 notices in this register name Heater And Defroster. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2016222 · 13 May 2016 · Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2016224 · 13 May 2016 · Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2016223 · 13 May 2016 · Saf-T-Liner HDX Non-School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2016225 · 13 May 2016 · Saf-T-Liner HDX Non-School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2016569 · 16 November 2016 · Be School Bus, Ce School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2016570 · 16 November 2016 · Ce Commercial Bus, Be Commercial Bus · Heater And Defroster
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Freightliner Cascadia, 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 644 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2016.
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