1996 Oshkosh XC

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front. It has been recalled 2 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front1
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2 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Suspension › Front › Springs › Air Suspension System96V159000
Filed Aug 28, 19961,597 vehiclesOshkosh Truck Corporation

Defect. WITH NO AIR IN BOTH FRONT AXLE AIR SUSPENSION AIR BAGS, THE CHASSIS SUSPENSION WILL LOWER TO THE SUSPENSION STOP. WHEN THAT OCCURS, THE TRACK BAR BRACKET CAN CONTACT THE AXLE STEERING TIE ROD.

Risk. THIS CONTACT WILL CAUSE INCREASED STEERING RESISTANCE AND COULD CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRACKET TRACK BAR MOUNT WITH A NEW DESIGN.

Vehicle Speed Control96V156000
Filed Aug 27, 19964,855 vehiclesOshkosh Truck Corporation

Defect. WHEN THE CHASSIS/VEHICLE IS OPERATED ON A HIGHWAY AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM IS TURNED ON, WITH THE SPEED SET, IF THE STOP/HAZARD FUSE HAS FAILED, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT DISENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.

Risk. THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM WILL NOT DISENGAGE INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Remedy. THE CRUISE CONTROL CIRCUITS WILL BE REWIRED AND A CONTROL RELAY INSTALLED TO DISENGAGE AND DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL IF AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR FUSE FAILURE OCCURS.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension › Front
Filed Jan 31, 1997OR

OWNER STATES THAT HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A SUSPENSION RECALL. DEALER THEN TOLD HIM THEY HAD NO PARTS, OWNER NOTES THAT VEHICLE WILL NOT STAY IN ONE LANE. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1996 — this page1200Routine
19950200Routine
19940100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Aug 28, 1996. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.