Western Star 5700, 4700. Published by Transport Canada as 2020217 on 18 May 2020. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain trucks, an undersized wire in the ground circuit harness could overheat and melt a connector. If this happens, the engine may stall and you may not be able to restart it.
Safety Risk:
A loss of engine power could increase the risk of a crash.
Corrective Actions:
Daimler Trucks North …
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Western Star 5700 in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020217
- Recall date
- 18 May 2020
- Make
- Western Star
- Models
- 5700, 4700
- Model years
- 2019 to 2021
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 840
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain trucks, an undersized wire in the ground circuit harness could overheat and melt a connector. If this happens, the engine may stall and you may not be able to restart it.Safety Risk:
A loss of engine power could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your truck to an authorized DTNA Service Facility to replace the ground wire harness.
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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.
- 2020155 · 9 April 2020 · 4900 · Label
- 2020086 · 3 March 2020 · 5700, Columbia, Cascadia · Brakes
- 2020488 · 16 October 2020 · Cascadia, 122sd, 5700 · Powertrain
- 2020513 · 27 October 2020 · Business Class M2, 114sd, Cascadia · Wheels
- 2020551 · 12 November 2020 · 4900, 379, T800 · Structure
- 2019552 · 4 November 2019 · 5700, 4900 · Structure
- 2019539 · 25 October 2019 · 4700 · Steering
- 2019508 · 10 October 2019 · 5700, 4900 · Structure
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020229 · 27 May 2020 · Four Winds · Electrical
- 2020314 · 10 July 2020 · Riverstone · Electrical
- 2020126 · 24 March 2020 · E450, E350 · Electrical
- 2020318 · 14 July 2020 · Sedona · Electrical
- 2020107 · 19 March 2020 · Trophy Se · Electrical
- 2020403 · 28 August 2020 · Actt Xpotter · Electrical
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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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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