Girardin G5 School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2024245 on 25 April 2024. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain electric school buses, the power steering pressure line may not be properly connected to the brake booster. As a result, power steering fluid could leak and cause a loss of power steering and power brake assist.
Note: Vehicles that were inspected under Transport Canada recall no. 2022-618 also …
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Girardin G5 SCHOOL BUS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Girardin G5 SCHOOL BUS is named on 1 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
- 2024245
- Recall date
- 25 April 2024
- Make
- Girardin
- Models
- G5 School Bus
- Model years
- 2021 to 2022
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 23
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain electric school buses, the power steering pressure line may not be properly connected to the brake booster. As a result, power steering fluid could leak and cause a loss of power steering and power brake assist.
Note: Vehicles that were inspected under Transport Canada recall no. 2022-618 also require this repair.Safety Risk:
A loss of power brakes can cause a sudden increase in brake pedal force and lead to an increase in stopping distance. A loss of power steering assist can cause a sudden increase in steering effort. Both could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Micro Bird will notify owners by mail and advise you to bring your bus to a dealership to replace the power steering pressure line and brake booster line.
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 2024245.
Girardin elsewhere in this register
Girardin is named on 50 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2024550 · 17 September 2024 · G5 Commercial Bus · Engine
- 2024551 · 17 September 2024 · G5 School Bus · Engine
- 2023411 · 26 July 2023 · G5 School Bus · High Voltage
- 2022406 · 27 July 2022 · G5 School Bus, T-Series School Bus · Structure
- 2016634 · 16 December 2016 · T Series Commercial Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2016635 · 16 December 2016 · T Series School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2015568 · 25 November 2015 · Ct-Series Commercial Bus, T-Series School Bus, Mbii Commercial Bus · Accessories
- 2015569 · 25 November 2015 · T-Series School Bus, Mbii School Bus, G5 School Bus · Accessories
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.
- 2024213 · 5 April 2024 · Allstar, Universal, Senator Ii · Brakes
- 2024205 · 2 April 2024 · Esteem, Greyhawk Prestige Motorhome, Redhawk Motorhome · Brakes
- 2024281 · 16 May 2024 · Cx-90 · Brakes
- 2024299 · 29 May 2024 · C · Brakes
- 2024167 · 14 March 2024 · E-Pace · Brakes
- 2024328 · 6 June 2024 · 2500, Durango, 3500 · 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 Girardin: 50 in the register, and 672 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2024.
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