Freightliner Conventional Recalls

THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN PINCH BOLT ON THESE VEHICLES WAS NOT TORQUED TO PROPER SPECIFICATION. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. CORRECTION: PINCH BOLT WILL BE PROPER

THE STEERING INPUT SHAFT YOKE PINCH BOLTS ON THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND IN SOME CASES, MISSING. IF THE PINCH BOLT IS DEFECTIVE OR MISSING, LOSS OF STEERING

THE STEERING GEAR PITMAN ARM PINCH BOLTS IDENTIFIED BY A "KS" ON THE BOLT HEAD, HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. LOSS OF THIS PINCH BOLT CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING AND A CRASH

CERTAIN ROCKWELL FL-941 FRONT STEERING AXLES ON THESE VEHICLES COULD EXPERIENCE FATIGUE CRACKING OF THE AXLE BEAM WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN COMPLETE RUPTURE OF THE FORGED CENTR

ON TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH 3-POINT SEAT BELTS AND BOSTROM SMARTSEATS, ABRADING OF THE SEAT BELT WEBBING MAY OCCUR AT THE D-RING WHEN THE SEAT BELTS ARE NOT WORN. THIS ABRADING IS DUE

THE STEERING ARM USED ON THE EATON EFA-12FA FRONT AXLE MAY FAIL WHEN USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ROSS HFB-70 POWER STEERING GEARS IF TORQUE LIMITING FEATURES ARE NOT MAINTAINED. A FAI

THE SEAT BELT WEBBING MAY BE CHAFED BY THE SEAT FRAME AS THE SEAT SLIDES BACK AND FORTH. OVER TIME THE BELT COULD WEAR THROUGH RENDERING IT INEFFECTIVE. CORRECTION: A SPACER WILL B

THE CUMMINS MODEL 1988NT ENGINES ON THESE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE OIL COOLER GASKETS. DURING HIGH LOAD/HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATION, LOSS OF LUBRICATING OI

THE HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER MOTOR SPEED CONTROL RESISTERS CAN, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OVERHEAT. IF THE BLOWER FAN STALLS RESULTING IN LOW AIR FLOW ACROSS THE RESISTER NETW

INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE TRW ROSS TAS65 STEERING GEAR MECHANISM CAN OCCUR SUCH THAT THE GEAR BINDS AND/OR IS UNABLE TO TRANSMIT TORQUE BETWEEN THE INPUT AND OUTPUT SHAFT. THIS WOULD

THE WELDED GUSSET SUPPORTING THE LOWER FUEL TANK STEP IS OF INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH. FAILURE OF THE GUSSET WELD CAN ALLOW THE STEP TO SUDDENLY SAG AND COULD RESULT IN INJURY TO A PER

NOTE: MODEL FLC-112 CONVENTIONAL TRUCKS. VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH INCORRECT SIZE AIR BRAKE ACTUATOR CHAMBERS. THIS COULD RESULT IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES AND A POSSIBLE VEHIC

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT CAN DEVELOP BETWEEN A POSITIVE BATTERY POST AND THE BATTERY RETAINER FRAME. THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE MAY ALSO CHAFE ON THE BATTERY RETAINER FRAME AND

THE HANDHOLD MOUNTING SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A TUBULAR HANDLE HELD IN THREE PLACES BY CAST ALUMINUM BRACKETS WHICH ARE, IN TURN, ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE EXHAUST MUFFLER HEAT SHIELD. VIB

THE STEERING COLUMN MOUNTING SCREWS MAY BE MISSING ON THESE VEHICLES. THE STEERING COLUMN MOUNTING CLAMPS AND BOLTS ARE COVERED BY A PLASTIC KNEEPAD INSTALLED BELOW THE DASH PANEL.

THE TUBULAR GRABHANDLE FOR CAB INGRESS/EGRESS IS HELD IN PLACE BY THREE BRACKETS AT TOP, MIDDLE AND BOTTOM OF THE TUBE. THE CENTRE BRACKET CONTAINS A RIVET WHICH SECURES THE TUBE I

THE ROCKWELL "FF" SERIES FRONT AXLE BEAM ASSEMBLIES MAY CONTAIN CRACKS AT THE AXLE BEAM FORGED ENDS WHERE THE STEERING KNUCKLES ARE ATTACHED BY THE KING PINS. THESE CRACKS MAY LEAD

THE HOLE IN THE THROTTLE LEVER AND THE STOP PIN MAY BE MISMATCHED WHICH COULD ALLOW THE PIN TO LOOSEN AND FALL OUT. SHOULD THIS HAPPEN, THE TENSION SPRING ATTACHED TO THE THROTTLE

THE SPRING BRAKE AIR CHAMBERS ARE POSITIONED TOO CLOSELY TO A BOLT ON THE SUSPENSION. IF CONTACT BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE BOLT OCCURRED WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE, DAMAGE TO THE PARK

THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH CMVSS 206 - DOOR LATCHES, HINGES AND LOCKS.

THE BOLT ATTACHJING THE PITMAN ARM TO THE STEERING GEAR SHAFT MAY HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENTLY TORQUED. IN ADDITION, THE RETAINING SET SCREWS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED OR WERE NOT FU

VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH GARRISON AXLE OR FRAME MOUNTED HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH INSUFFICIENT TORQUE TO PROPERLY CONNECT THE DRAG LINK ADAPTOR TO THE VALVE H