Utilimaster Walk-In Van. Published by Transport Canada as 2019305 on 19 June 2019. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the brake pedal clevis pin clip may contact the throttle pedal mount. This could cause the clip to detach and allow the pin to slide out of position. If this happens, there will initially be a loss of brake lights. If the pin continues to slide out further, the brake pedal may become …
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Utilimaster WALK-IN VAN in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Utilimaster WALK-IN VAN is named on 15 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019305
- Recall date
- 19 June 2019
- Make
- Utilimaster
- Models
- Walk-In Van
- Model years
- 2012 to 2019
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 78
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the brake pedal clevis pin clip may contact the throttle pedal mount. This could cause the clip to detach and allow the pin to slide out of position. If this happens, there will initially be a loss of brake lights. If the pin continues to slide out further, the brake pedal may become detached, requiring an increase in pedal effort to stop the vehicleSafety Risk:
A sudden increase in brake pedal force could lead to an increase in stopping distance. If the brake lights do not work, a following driver may not to recognize that a vehicle ahead is braking. Both of these conditions could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify owners by mail and instruct them to take their vehicle to a Daimler Trucks North America authorized service facility to replace the throttle pedal assembly. This will provide clearance for the brake clevis pin clip. Additionally, for some vehicles, the brake clevis pin will be repositioned.
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 2019305.
Utilimaster elsewhere in this register
Utilimaster is named on 15 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2018423 · 10 August 2018 · Aeromaster, Walk-In Van · Seats And Restraints
- 2017542 · 3 November 2017 · Walk-In Van · Seats And Restraints
- 2017543 · 3 November 2017 · Aeromaster · Visual System
- 2015244 · 3 June 2015 · Truck Body · Accessories
- 2014128 · 10 April 2014 · Aeromaster · Electrical
- 2013085 · 15 March 2013 · Aeromaster · Brakes
- 2012301 · 10 September 2012 · Reach · Other
- 2012079 · 27 February 2012 · Aeromaster · Other
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.
- 2019317 · 27 June 2019 · Toyota Sienna, Sienna · Brakes
- 2019324 · 28 June 2019 · Silverado, Sierra, Suburban · Brakes
- 2019329 · 2 July 2019 · Brutus · Brakes
- 2019227 · 15 May 2019 · 5700, Cascadia, Business Class M2 · Brakes
- 2019229 · 15 May 2019 · Ce School Bus · Brakes
- 2019219 · 9 May 2019 · I-Pace · 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 Utilimaster: 15 in the register, and 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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