Autocar Xpert. Published by Transport Canada as 2017438 on 8 September 2017. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the castellated nut and cotter pin on the steer axle may not have been tightened to specification. This could cause the tie rod to become loose in the steer axle, which would result in audible noise and/or looseness in steering. If the vehicle were continued to be operated in this condition, the …
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Autocar XPERT in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017438
- Recall date
- 8 September 2017
- Make
- Autocar
- Models
- Xpert
- Model years
- 2016
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the castellated nut and cotter pin on the steer axle may not have been tightened to specification. This could cause the tie rod to become loose in the steer axle, which would result in audible noise and/or looseness in steering. If the vehicle were continued to be operated in this condition, the tie rod could disconnect from the knuckle, resulting in a complete loss of control of a vehicle wheel, which would increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect the torque of the castellated nuts on the tie rod, and replace the tie rod stud and knuckle as necessary.
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Autocar elsewhere in this register
Autocar is named on 62 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2017615 · 8 December 2017 · Acx Xpeditor · Heater And Defroster
- 2018131 · 14 March 2018 · Acx Xpeditor · Electrical
- 2018175 · 12 April 2018 · Acx Xpeditor · Steering
- 2016600 · 1 December 2016 · Acx Xpeditor · Electrical
- 2016504 · 13 October 2016 · Xspotter, Xpert · Steering
- 2016497 · 11 October 2016 · Acx Xpeditor · Steering
- 2018452 · 27 August 2018 · Actt Xpotter · Brakes
- 2016401 · 11 August 2016 · Xspotter · Steering
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.
- 2017425 · 1 September 2017 · VNL · Steering
- 2017426 · 1 September 2017 · Chu, Cxu · Steering
- 2017415 · 30 August 2017 · Police Interceptor Utility (explorer), Police Interceptor Sedan (taurus), Explorer · Steering
- 2017514 · 23 October 2017 · Soul Ev, Soul · Steering
- 2017523 · 26 October 2017 · General 1000 · Steering
- 2017324 · 29 June 2017 · Es 350 · 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 Autocar: 62 in the register, and 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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