Western Star 4700, 47X, 49X, Business Class M2, Cascadia. Published by Transport Canada as 2023060 on 14 February 2023. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain trucks, the tail lamps do not turn on when the daytime running lamps (DRLs) are on. Canadian regulations require that, if a vehicle has dash backlighting, the low beam headlamps and tail lamps must automatically switch on when it is dark or the tail lamps must stay on at all times.
Safety Risk: …
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Western Star 4700 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2023060
- Recall date
- 14 February 2023
- Make
- Western Star, Freightliner
- Models
- 4700, 47X, 49X, Business Class M2, Cascadia
- Model years
- 2022 to 2024
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 396
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain trucks, the tail lamps do not turn on when the daytime running lamps (DRLs) are on. Canadian regulations require that, if a vehicle has dash backlighting, the low beam headlamps and tail lamps must automatically switch on when it is dark or the tail lamps must stay on at all times.Safety Risk:
Driving without tail lamps in low light conditions could make the truck less visible and increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your truck to a DTNA authorized service facility to update the parameters for the lighting system. For Western Star 4700 ZODIAC models, the service facility will replace or modify the wiring harness.
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 2023060.
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.
- 2023051 · 10 February 2023 · 49x, 47x, Cascadia · Brakes
- 2023028 · 27 January 2023 · 49x, 47x, 57x · Lights And Instruments
- 2023206 · 5 April 2023 · Business Class M2, 4900, Cascadia · Steering
- 2022715 · 12 December 2022 · 114sd, 4900, 108sd · Tires
- 2022626 · 1 November 2022 · Cascadia, 47x, 49x · Brakes
- 2022546 · 28 September 2022 · 108sd, 49x, 47x · Steering
- 2022513 · 12 September 2022 · 49x, 47x · Steering
- 2022483 · 29 August 2022 · 49x, 47x · Structure
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.
- 2023064 · 14 February 2023 · Dump Body, Deck Body · Lights And Instruments
- 2023028 · 27 January 2023 · 49x, 47x, 57x · Lights And Instruments
- 2023023 · 25 January 2023 · C · Lights And Instruments
- 2023011 · 19 January 2023 · Uforce 600, Cforce 500, Uforce 1000 XL · Lights And Instruments
- 2023128 · 13 March 2023 · Maverick · Lights And Instruments
- 2023137 · 16 March 2023 · Spyder RT, Ryker · 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 Western Star: 210 in the register, and 593 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2023.
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