Freightliner Corporation: Steering › Rack and Pinion
Freightliner Corporation reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 27, 1996 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 2,283. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
(1) THE MOUNTING PLATE, WHICH IS USED IN COMBINATION WITH FOUR BOLTS TO SECURE THE SAGINAW 710 STEERING GEAR TO THE CHASSIS FRAME, WAS DESIGNED TO HAVE FOUR WELDED BOSSES WITH THE SAME FINAL HEIGHT DIMENSION. THIS PLATE WAS NOT GROUND DOWN; (2) PAINT WAS LEFT ON THE SURFACE BETWEEN THE MOUNTING PLATE AND THE STEERING GEAR; (3) A FLANGED-HEAD BOLT WAS MISALIGNED THROUGH THE FRAME, MOUNTING PLATE AND THE STEERING GEAR; OR (4) THE TOLERANCES BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE MOUNTING PLATE HOLES WERE TOO TIGHT CAUSING AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM DURING ASSEMBLY.
The risk
THESE CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE LOOSE STEERING GEAR BOLTS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR FLANGED-HEAD MOUNTING BOLTS; THE MOUNTING PLATE WILL BE MACHINED TO SPECIFICATION ALSO INSURING THAT THE SURFACE IS FREE OF PAINT; THE STEERING GEAR MOUNTING FASTENERS WILL BE REPLACED; AND THE HOLES THROUGH THE FRAME AND THE MOUNTING PLATE WILL BE ENLARGED TO ALLOW FOR INCREASED ASSEMBLY CLEARANCE.
1 model year covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Oshkosh MT14FDU | 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 96V051000.
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