| NHTSA Record Id: 2950 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: ORION |
| Recalled Component Id: 000014608000092794000000295 |
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| Model Name: V |
Model Year: 2001 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 01V322002 |
Mfr Campaign Number: FL-389 |
| Component Name: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION |
| Start date of Manufacturing: May, 29 2001 |
End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 02 2001 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 2700 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Mar, 18 2002 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Daimler Commercial Buses NA |
Report Received Date: Nov, 15 2001 |
| Record Creation date : Nov, 30 2001 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: medium duty trucks, fire trucks, and transit buses and school buses equipped with electronic throttle control/accelerator pedals supplied by williams controls industries. the weld attaching the clevis to the plate has insufficient penetration and could allow the clevis to separate from the plate. |
Consequence Summary: If the clevis separated from the plate while the vehicle was in use, the vehicle would return to idle, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace these pedals. owner notification began march 18, 2002. 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. |
Recall Notes: 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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