| NHTSA Record Id: 20926 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MACK |
| Recalled Component Id: 000006160000055285000000015 |
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| Model Name: CF |
Model Year: 1984 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 91V070000 |
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| Component Name: STEERING:LINKAGES |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Dec, 01 1967 |
End date of Manufacturing: Dec, 01 1990 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 3673 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 23 1992 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mack Trucks, Inc. |
Report Received Date: May, 01 1991 |
| Record Creation date : May, 15 1991 |
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| Defect Summary : Stresses imposed on the lever during turning maneuvers and/or impact incidents, such as would be caused by curbs or road surface irregularity, reduce the life expectancy of the part. the steering lever may crack and eventually the stresses could cause the steering lever to break. |
Consequence Summary: A broken steering lever will cause loss of steeringcontrol without prior warning which may result in a vehicle crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Replace the defective steering arms. |
Recall Notes: System: steering levers.vehicle description: cf model fire chassis with gross axle weight ratings of12,000 pounds or greater and equipped with power steering.note: the specific mack axles affected are: fa532, faf532, fafw537, fafw5372,fafw13.5, faw538, faw14.3, fa604, fa6042, faw616, faw618, faw617, and faw20. |
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