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Guzzler - Vactor

Official notice

27 May 2013

Last checked

27 May 2013

High riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Guzzler - Vactor. Certain units equipped with 400,000 BTU Alkota water heaters were not equipped with burner oil primary control. If the burner fails to ignite normally, fuel could accumulate in the burner combustion chamber, potentially resulting in a fire causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will install an updated burner. Published 2013-05-27.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

70577

Official notice

2013-05-27

The hazard

Certain units equipped with 400,000 BTU Alkota water heaters were not equipped with burner oil primary control. If the burner fails to ignite normally, fuel could accumulate in the burner combustion chamber, potentially resulting in a fire causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will install an updated burner.

How to check if you're affected

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Recall Numbers

70577

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2012, Make: GUZZLER, Model: CL

Product 2

Year: 2012, Make: VACTOR, Model: HXX

Product 3

Year: 2013, Make: GUZZLER, Model: CL

Product 4

Year: 2013, Make: VACTOR, Model: HXX

Risk / hazard

Certain units equipped with 400,000 BTU Alkota water heaters were not equipped with burner oil primary control. If the burner fails to ignite normally, fuel could accumulate in the burner combustion chamber, potentially resulting in a fire causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will install an updated burner.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Guzzler, Vactor.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

high

Recall details

Recall number

70577

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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