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Kenworth - Paccar

Official notice

24 Nov 2014

Last checked

24 Nov 2014

High riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Kenworth - Paccar. On certain vehicles, an undersized wire in the trailer stop lamp circuit of the instrument panel harness is susceptible to thermal cycling which may cause damage to the wiring. This could result in the trailer lamp fuse failing, which could cause stop lamps to become inoperative and increase the risk of a crash. This damaged wiring could also increase the risk of fire. These issues could result in injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the undersized wire in the harness. Published 2014-11-24.

What to do now

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Recall number

69755

Official notice

2014-11-24

The hazard

On certain vehicles, an undersized wire in the trailer stop lamp circuit of the instrument panel harness is susceptible to thermal cycling which may cause damage to the wiring. This could result in the trailer lamp fuse failing, which could cause stop lamps to become inoperative and increase the risk of a crash. This damaged wiring could also increase the risk of fire. These issues could result in injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the undersized wire in the harness.

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Recall Numbers

69755

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2015, Make: KENWORTH, Model: C500

Product 2

Year: 2015, Make: KENWORTH, Model: T400

Product 3

Year: 2015, Make: KENWORTH, Model: T660

Product 4

Year: 2015, Make: KENWORTH, Model: T800

Product 5

Year: 2015, Make: KENWORTH, Model: W900

Risk / hazard

On certain vehicles, an undersized wire in the trailer stop lamp circuit of the instrument panel harness is susceptible to thermal cycling which may cause damage to the wiring. This could result in the trailer lamp fuse failing, which could cause stop lamps to become inoperative and increase the risk of a crash. This damaged wiring could also increase the risk of fire. These issues could result in injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the undersized wire in the harness.

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: Kenworth, Paccar.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

high

Recall details

Recall number

69755

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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