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Kenworth - Paccar

Official notice

22 Aug 2011

Last checked

22 Aug 2011

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Kenworth - Paccar. On certain trucks, the hood strut assembly may have been incorrectly manufactured and could fail. This could prevent the safety latch (designed to keep the hood open during servicing) from functioning as intended, allowing the hood to close unexpectedly, which could cause injury to someone working in the engine compartment. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the hood strut assembly. Published 2011-08-22.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

71288

Official notice

2011-08-22

The hazard

On certain trucks, the hood strut assembly may have been incorrectly manufactured and could fail. This could prevent the safety latch (designed to keep the hood open during servicing) from functioning as intended, allowing the hood to close unexpectedly, which could cause injury to someone working in the engine compartment. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the hood strut assembly.

How to check if you're affected

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Recall Numbers

71288

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2012, Make: KENWORTH, Model: T660

Risk / hazard

On certain trucks, the hood strut assembly may have been incorrectly manufactured and could fail. This could prevent the safety latch (designed to keep the hood open during servicing) from functioning as intended, allowing the hood to close unexpectedly, which could cause injury to someone working in the engine compartment. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the hood strut assembly.

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

medium

Recall details

Recall number

71288

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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