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Timpte inc.

Official notice

20 Oct 2014

Last checked

20 Oct 2014

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Timpte inc.. On certain trailers equipped with SAF-Holland CBX Series Suspensions, the suspension assembly pivot bolts, which join the suspension tower and trailing arm assemblies, could fail. This could result in the pivot bolt head separating from the pivot bolt body, potentially causing the suspension tower and trailing arm assemblies to disassemble during trailer operations, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the pivot bolts. Published 2014-10-20.

What to do now

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Recall number

69814

Official notice

2014-10-20

The hazard

On certain trailers equipped with SAF-Holland CBX Series Suspensions, the suspension assembly pivot bolts, which join the suspension tower and trailing arm assemblies, could fail. This could result in the pivot bolt head separating from the pivot bolt body, potentially causing the suspension tower and trailing arm assemblies to disassemble during trailer operations, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the pivot bolts.

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Recall Numbers

69814

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2014, Make: TIMPTE INC., Model: 3268

Product 2

Year: 2014, Make: TIMPTE INC., Model: 3822

Product 3

Year: 2014, Make: TIMPTE INC., Model: 4068

Product 4

Year: 2014, Make: TIMPTE INC., Model: 4268

Product 5

Year: 2014, Make: TIMPTE INC., Model: 4524

Product 6

Year: 2014, Make: TIMPTE INC., Model: BULK COMMODITY HOPPER TRAILER

Risk / hazard

On certain trailers equipped with SAF-Holland CBX Series Suspensions, the suspension assembly pivot bolts, which join the suspension tower and trailing arm assemblies, could fail. This could result in the pivot bolt head separating from the pivot bolt body, potentially causing the suspension tower and trailing arm assemblies to disassemble during trailer operations, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the pivot bolts.

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

Brand

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Timpte.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

69814

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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