American Coach American Eagle. Published by Transport Canada as 2020386 on 21 August 2020. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain motorhomes built on a Freightliner chassis, the driver may not be able to dim the lights on the instrument panel to a low level. As a result, light from the instrument panel could cause glare while driving at night. Canadian regulations require that the instrument panel lights can be dimmed to a …
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American Coach AMERICAN EAGLE in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020386
- Recall date
- 21 August 2020
- Make
- American Coach
- Models
- American Eagle
- Model years
- 2016 to 2019
- Vehicle class
- Motorhome
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 22
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain motorhomes built on a Freightliner chassis, the driver may not be able to dim the lights on the instrument panel to a low level. As a result, light from the instrument panel could cause glare while driving at night. Canadian regulations require that the instrument panel lights can be dimmed to a very low level.Safety Risk:
Glare from bright instrument panel lights could reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
REV Recreation Group will notify owners by mail. The corrective actions for this recall are under development.
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 2020386.
American Coach elsewhere in this register
American Coach is named on 21 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2020337 · 22 July 2020 · American Dream, Pace Arrow, Endeavor Xe · Lights And Instruments
- 2020493 · 20 October 2020 · Navigator, American Dream, Marquis · Wheels
- 2021406 · 1 July 2021 · Discovery Lxe, American Revolution, American Dream · Fuel System
- 2019371 · 31 July 2019 · American Eagle · Structure
- 2019100 · 28 February 2019 · American Revolution · Steering
- 2022057 · 8 February 2022 · Pace Arrow Lxe, Signature, Navigator Xe · Wheels
- 2022082 · 22 February 2022 · American Dream, Endeavor, Pace Arrow · Lights And Instruments
- 2018615 · 6 November 2018 · American Dream, American Eagle, American Revolution · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020400 · 27 August 2020 · Sentra · Lights And Instruments
- 2020354 · 4 August 2020 · Tiger 900 · Lights And Instruments
- 2020409 · 1 September 2020 · X7, X6, X5 · Lights And Instruments
- 2020421 · 3 September 2020 · Phaeton, Allegro Bus, Allegro Red · Lights And Instruments
- 2020351 · 30 July 2020 · Telluride · Lights And Instruments
- 2020435 · 15 September 2020 · Model S, Model 3, Model X · Lights And Instruments
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a American Coach: 21 in the register, and 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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