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Karavan Trailers - Bombardier recreational products

Official notice

15 Feb 2011

Last checked

15 Feb 2011

Critical riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Karavan Trailers - Bombardier recreational products. On certain trailers the brake system may not have been bled properly prior to delivery to the dealers. This could lead to the brakes on the trailers not working properly and require longer than anticipated braking distance. In an emergency longer braking distance could result in a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will re-bleed the brake system on the affected trailers. Published 2011-02-15.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

71853

Official notice

2011-02-15

The hazard

On certain trailers the brake system may not have been bled properly prior to delivery to the dealers. This could lead to the brakes on the trailers not working properly and require longer than anticipated braking distance. In an emergency longer braking distance could result in a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will re-bleed the brake system on the affected trailers.

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Recall Numbers

71853

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2007, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: CHALLENGER

Product 2

Year: 2007, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: ISLANDIA

Product 3

Year: 2007, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: SPEEDSTER

Product 4

Year: 2007, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: UTOPIA

Product 5

Year: 2007, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: WAKE

Product 6

Year: 2008, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: CHALLENGER

Product 7

Year: 2008, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: ISLANDIA

Product 8

Year: 2008, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: SPEEDSTER

Product 9

Year: 2008, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: UTOPIA

Product 10

Year: 2008, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: WAKE

Product 11

Year: 2009, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: CHALLENGER

Product 12

Year: 2009, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: ISLANDIA

Product 13

Year: 2009, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: SPEEDSTER

Product 14

Year: 2009, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: UTOPIA

Product 15

Year: 2009, Make: KARAVAN TRAILERS, Model: WAKE

Risk / hazard

On certain trailers the brake system may not have been bled properly prior to delivery to the dealers. This could lead to the brakes on the trailers not working properly and require longer than anticipated braking distance. In an emergency longer braking distance could result in a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will re-bleed the brake system on the affected trailers.

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: Karavan Trailers, Bombardier Recreational.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

71853

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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