Oshkosh Truck Corporation: Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights
Oshkosh Truck Corporation reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 11, 1994 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 160. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS DOES NOT ALWAYS INSURE A POSITIVE GROUND BETWEEN THE SELF-GROUNDING SEVEN WAY RECEPTACLE AND THE REAR LIGHT ASSEMBLIES THROUGH THE SLIDING RUNNING GEAR FRAME. VIBRATION FROM VEHICLE OPERATION CAUSES INTERMITTENT LOSS OF AN ELECTRICAL GROUND TO THE REAR FRAME.
The risk
THE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ELECTRICAL GROUND CAUSES FLICKERING OF THE REAR LIGHTS.
The remedy
A GROUNDING WIRE WILL BE ADDED TO THESE VEHICLES.
5 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Oshkosh Super-Slider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Oshkosh Super-Slider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 Oshkosh Super-Slider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 Oshkosh Super-Slider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 Oshkosh Super-Slider | 0 | 1 | 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 94V048000.
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