Zero Sr/S, Sr/F. Published by Transport Canada as 2020585 on 30 November 2020. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain motorcycles, water may enter the front brake switch and cause it to fail. If this happens, the brake light will not turn on when only the front brake is applied. Additionally, applying the front brake may not cancel the cruise control setting.
Note: The brake light will turn on and the cruise …
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Zero SR in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Zero SR is named on 10 American notices, 2 British, 6 European and 1 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020585
- Recall date
- 30 November 2020
- Make
- Zero
- Models
- Sr/S, Sr/F
- Model years
- 2020
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 41
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain motorcycles, water may enter the front brake switch and cause it to fail. If this happens, the brake light will not turn on when only the front brake is applied. Additionally, applying the front brake may not cancel the cruise control setting.
Note: The brake light will turn on and the cruise control can be cancelled when the rear brake is applied.Safety Risk:
A brake light that does not work properly could result in road users being confused with the rider's intentions, and increase the risk of a crash. Cruise control that does not work properly could also increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Zero Motorcycles will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your motorcycle to a dealer to replace the front brake switch.
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 2020585.
Zero elsewhere in this register
Zero is named on 17 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2021654 · 27 October 2021 · Sr/F · Brakes
- 2018178 · 12 April 2018 · DSP, S, DS · Electrical
- 2017125 · 9 March 2017 · S, DS, FXS · Brakes
- 2016446 · 13 September 2016 · S, DS, Sr · Electrical
- 2025377 · 15 July 2025 · DS, DSR/X · Brakes
- 2025464 · 9 September 2025 · DSR/X, DS, DSR · Electrical
- 2025593 · 30 October 2025 · XB · Suspension
- 2025667 · 2 December 2025 · DSR/X · Powertrain
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.
- 2020618 · 15 December 2020 · VNR, VHD, Vah · Brakes
- 2020627 · 17 December 2020 · Blast ZR, M 8000 · Brakes
- 2020433 · 14 September 2020 · Cforce 600 · Brakes
- 2020431 · 13 September 2020 · Tucson · Brakes
- 2020417 · 3 September 2020 · VNL, VNR, VHD · Brakes
- 2020420 · 3 September 2020 · MP3 500 · 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 Zero: 17 in the register, and 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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