Doepker 53’ Galvanized Tridem Slider Dsl50 Flatdeck. Published by Transport Canada as 2018156 on 4 April 2018. System: Structure.
What the notice says On certain trailers, a manufacturing process error could lead to the formation of cracks on the underside of the frame rail flange in a 1 metre zone just forward of the front suspension hanger. This could result in the frame rails failing, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018156
- Recall date
- 4 April 2018
- Make
- Doepker
- Models
- 53’ Galvanized Tridem Slider DSL50 Flatdeck
- Model years
- 2015 to 2016
- Vehicle class
- Heavy Trailer
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 25
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain trailers, a manufacturing process error could lead to the formation of cracks on the underside of the frame rail flange in a 1 metre zone just forward of the front suspension hanger. This could result in the frame rails failing, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will remove the galvanizing in the affected area, inspect for cracks, and reapply the coating. Frames found exhibiting cracking in the affected zone will be replaced. Note: This is an expansion of recall 2017-187 to include 53’ Flatdeck semi’s. The affected 53’ Flatdeck Semi’s have exhibited cracking in the region extending 1.5 metres towards the rear of the landing gear brace mount, 0.5 metres towards the front of the landing gear brace, and in a 1 metre zone just forward of the front suspension hanger.
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 2018156.
Doepker elsewhere in this register
Doepker is named on 13 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2018677 · 5 December 2018 · Flat Deck B-Train · Other
- 2017187 · 31 March 2017 · DSL 50 Galvanized Flatdeck B-Train Trailer · Structure
- 2019264 · 4 June 2019 · Recovery Trailer (rt) · Structure
- 2011006 · 5 January 2011 · Steel Bulker, Aluminum Bulker · Accessories
- 2010135 · 28 April 2010 · Tridem Dump Gravel · Other
- 2008115 · 4 April 2008 · Tridem Spring Ride Pony Pup, Tandem Spring Ride Pony Pup · Structure
- 2006296 · 6 November 2006 · 36' Open End Tandem Bulker, 42' Open End Tandem Bulker, 48' Double Drop Detach · Brakes
- 2006120 · 24 May 2006 · Flat Deck · Other
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2018152 · 3 April 2018 · RZR XP, RZR XP 4 · Structure
- 2018204 · 25 April 2018 · Intent · Structure
- 2018214 · 27 April 2018 · Charger, Bighorn, Colt · Structure
- 2018146 · 28 March 2018 · Passport · Structure
- 2018139 · 19 March 2018 · No Boundaries · Structure
- 2018126 · 12 March 2018 · LRV Series, LR7 Series · Structure
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Doepker: 13 in the register, and 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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