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Kenworth - Paccar

Official notice

14 Nov 2011

Last checked

14 Nov 2011

Risk not stated by sourceHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Kenworth - Paccar. On certain vehicles, one of the harness spade terminal connections to the chassis load center may become completely unseated. An unseated connection may result in a power loss to a portion of the vehicle's exterior lighting, potentially inhibiting the visibility of the operator and/or detection of the vehicle in certain conditions, which could increase the risk of a crash. Correction: Dealers will inspect the harness and, if necessary, re-seat the female connectors on the male spade terminals. Published 2011-11-14.

What to do now

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Recall number

71658

Official notice

2011-11-14

The hazard

On certain vehicles, one of the harness spade terminal connections to the chassis load center may become completely unseated. An unseated connection may result in a power loss to a portion of the vehicle's exterior lighting, potentially inhibiting the visibility of the operator and/or detection of the vehicle in certain conditions, which could increase the risk of a crash. Correction: Dealers will inspect the harness and, if necessary, re-seat the female connectors on the male spade terminals.

How to check if you're affected

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Recall Numbers

71658

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2011, Make: KENWORTH, Model: C500

Product 2

Year: 2011, Make: KENWORTH, Model: T440

Product 3

Year: 2011, Make: KENWORTH, Model: T470

Product 4

Year: 2011, Make: KENWORTH, Model: T660

Product 5

Year: 2011, Make: KENWORTH, Model: T800

Product 6

Year: 2011, Make: KENWORTH, Model: W900

Risk / hazard

On certain vehicles, one of the harness spade terminal connections to the chassis load center may become completely unseated. An unseated connection may result in a power loss to a portion of the vehicle's exterior lighting, potentially inhibiting the visibility of the operator and/or detection of the vehicle in certain conditions, which could increase the risk of a crash. Correction: Dealers will inspect the harness and, if necessary, re-seat the female connectors on the male spade terminals.

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

unspecified

Recall details

Recall number

71658

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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