Western Star 5900, 4900, Business Class M2, Cascadia, 108Sd, 4700. Published by Transport Canada as 2018719 on 20 December 2018. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the bolts that join the steering and tie rod arm to the steering knuckle may not have been properly tightened. This could lead to a separation of the tie rod arm and cause a loss of steering control. This could create a risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Daimler …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018719
- Recall date
- 20 December 2018
- Make
- Western Star, Freightliner
- Models
- 5900, 4900, Business Class M2, Cascadia, 108sd, 4700
- Model years
- 2018 to 2019
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 31
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the bolts that join the steering and tie rod arm to the steering knuckle may not have been properly tightened. This could lead to a separation of the tie rod arm and cause a loss of steering control. This could create a risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Daimler Trucks North America Authorized Service Facilities will inspect the steering and tie rod arm bolts to ensure they are torqued correctly and install new fasteners 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 2018719.
Western Star elsewhere in this register
Western Star is named on 210 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2018714 · 19 December 2018 · 114sd, Cascadia, Business Class M2 · Powertrain
- 2018550 · 9 October 2018 · Business Class M2, Cascadia, 4700 · Brakes
- 2018551 · 9 October 2018 · 5700, Cascadia · Steering
- 2018469 · 31 August 2018 · Coronado, 4900, 122sd · Fuel System
- 2018285 · 30 May 2018 · Business Class M2, 4900, 5700 · Brakes
- 2018283 · 29 May 2018 · 4900 · Brakes
- 2019196 · 23 April 2019 · 4700 · Lights And Instruments
- 2019227 · 15 May 2019 · 5700, Cascadia, Business Class M2 · Brakes
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.
- 2018720 · 20 December 2018 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Steering
- 2018722 · 20 December 2018 · Panamera 4s, Panamera Turbo, Panamera 4 · Steering
- 2018724 · 20 December 2018 · ML Class, Gle Class, C Class · Steering
- 2018726 · 20 December 2018 · Maybach S-Class, S Class · Steering
- 2018729 · 20 December 2018 · S Class, Maybach S-Class · Steering
- 2018737 · 21 December 2018 · Xl2-45 Coach, XL Coach, X3-45 Coach · Steering
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 Western Star 4700, 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 Western Star: 210 in the register, and 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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