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Re: Urgent Warning to Triumph: Sender Recall



Look at it this way...

I never got a recall letter (USA) either.

At least you got Corsendonk, Duvel, Chimay, ....
to occupy your spare time.

:^)

Ludo Andries wrote:

> Hi Jonathan and listers,
>
> In Belgium it is even worse. NO recall letters are sent to the ST owners!
> The BENELUX importer Greenib in Holland stopped with importing Triumphs so
> Triumph UK is handeling the import for Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg.
> Since we live in a smaller country our safety (and lives) are perhaps less
> important than in the 'bigger' countries?
>
> Ludo
> Red 99 ST
> Belgium
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]namens Jonathan
> > Schulster
> > Verzonden: maandag 6 november 2000 9:44
> > Aan: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: ross.clifford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Onderwerp: Urgent Warning to Triumph: Sender Recall
> >
> >
> > Hi Listers,
> >
> > Some STers in Germany have reported that the recall for the
> > fuel sender replacement is being handled in the following
> > way:  a visual inspection of the fuel sender unit is made by
> > the dealer and the unit is only replaced if "suspect".
> >
> > >From personal experience I can say that it would be
> > extremely difficult to tell if a fuel sender (green top) is
> > about to leak, or will hold for another 10,000km.  My feeling
> > is that vibrations of the electrical lead at high speeds
> > cause the resin to 'fracture' around the lead, resulting in a
> > low-medium rate leak. This gets rapidly worse once the leak
> > has started.
> >
> > Any confidence in the Triumph product and after-sales service
> > restored by the recall will be immediately lost if a single
> > fuel sender unit leaks following "inspection", causing injury
> > or even death.  Triumph have accepted that the risk of this
> > failure causing serious injury is unacceptable, so why are
> > some units not being replaced!?
> >
> > I urge Triumph to immediately contact all dealers who are
> > pursuing the inspection practice, to ensure that ALL
> > green-top fuel sender units are immediately replaced.
> >
> > If your bike is recalled I would suggest you refuse to ride
> > it until a green-top fuel sender is replaced by a new
> > leak-free item.  There is no doubt in my mind that if you
> > ride away on an 'inspected' bike with a green-top fuel sender
> > unit, the risk of the unit starting to leak is EXACTLY the
> > same as before inspection.  You would therefore be accepting
> > a small, but measureable risk, of a potentially fatal fire or
> > crash (due to fuel leaking onto the tyres).
> >
> > cheers
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
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