Freightliner Business Class M2, Cascadia, 4700, 108Sd, 5700, Xb Chassis. Published by Transport Canada as 2018550 on 9 October 2018. System: Brakes.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with air disc brakes, the brake caliper mounting bolts may be incorrectly torqued. This could result in the caliper bolts loosening, which could lead to the caliper detaching. Insufficiently torqued fasteners may not provide adequate clamping force between the brake caliper and brake …
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Freightliner BUSINESS CLASS M2 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018550
- Recall date
- 9 October 2018
- Make
- Freightliner, Western Star, Freightliner Custom Chassis (fccc)
- Models
- Business Class M2, Cascadia, 4700, 108sd, 5700, XB Chassis, 114sd
- Model years
- 2018 to 2019
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 482
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with air disc brakes, the brake caliper mounting bolts may be incorrectly torqued. This could result in the caliper bolts loosening, which could lead to the caliper detaching. Insufficiently torqued fasteners may not provide adequate clamping force between the brake caliper and brake anchor plate potentially resulting in reduced brake effectiveness, which would result in increased stopping distances, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Daimler Trucks of North America Service Facilities will inspect the bolts, and repair as necessary.
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 2018550.
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.
- 2018551 · 9 October 2018 · 5700, Cascadia · Steering
- 2018575 · 22 October 2018 · Cascadia · Lights And Instruments
- 2018517 · 19 September 2018 · Cascadia, Business Class M2 · Tires
- 2018518 · 19 September 2018 · 114sd, 108sd, Business Class M2 · Steering
- 2018624 · 13 November 2018 · Cascadia · Airbag
- 2018469 · 31 August 2018 · Coronado, 4900, 122sd · Fuel System
- 2018418 · 9 August 2018 · Business Class M2, 114sd, 122sd · Brakes
- 2018419 · 9 August 2018 · Cascadia · Steering
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2018530 · 25 September 2018 · Fuzion, Impact · Brakes
- 2018531 · 25 September 2018 · Rockwood, Flagstaff · Brakes
- 2018524 · 20 September 2018 · TC, XB · Brakes
- 2018521 · 19 September 2018 · Dutch Star Class A Motorhome · Brakes
- 2018602 · 1 November 2018 · Hr-V, MDX, Odyssey · Brakes
- 2018502 · 14 September 2018 · Outback, Legacy · Brakes
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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 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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