| NHTSA Record Id: 11071 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: FREIGHTLINER |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008612000075066000000023 |
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| Model Name: CENTURY |
Model Year: 1997 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V085000 |
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| Component Name: SUSPENSION:FRONT |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1996 |
End date of Manufacturing: Mar, 31 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 22186 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 13 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : FREIGHTLINER LLC |
Report Received Date: Apr, 21 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Apr, 28 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with meritor interaxle driveline u-joints. deflector rings, a part of the system to seal the u-joints from contaminates, are loose. this allows water to enter the u-joint bearing area result in dilution of the lubricant, oxidation of the bearing and seal surfaces, and loss of lubricant. |
Consequence Summary: If this problem goes undetected, the interaxle driveline can separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the u-joints with the current design u-joints. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification will be conducted in two phases.the first phase is expected to begin july 13, 1998. the second phase will begin august 8, 1998. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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