Mack Trucks, Inc.: Trailer Hitches › Fifth Wheel Assembly
Mack Trucks, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 11, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 262. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Mack Trucks, Inc (Mack) is recalling certain model year 2012-2015 CXU trucks manufactured February 4, 2011, to December 23, 2014, and equipped with an air release fifth wheel latch. The affected vehicles have a switch to release the fifth wheel latch that may invertently be pushed and cause the trailer to unintentionally disconnect from the tractor after the parking brake has been released.
The risk
An inadvertent decoupling of the trailer from the tractor may increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Mack will notify owners, and dealers will install a secondary action that operators will need to activate before the fifth wheel will release, free of charge. The recall began on May 6, 2015. Owners may contact Mack customer service at 1-800-528-6586. Mack's number for this recall is SC0390.
4 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Mack Pinnacle (cxu) | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Mack Pinnacle (cxu) | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Mack Pinnacle (cxu) | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Mack Pinnacle (cxu) | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V139000.
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