| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 30843 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: MACK |
| Recalled Component Id: 000004140000053948000000175 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: MS300T | Model Year: 1981 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 83V102000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | Manufacturer That Filed Report: MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Nov, 01 1980 | End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 01 1981 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 565 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jan, 03 1984 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mack Trucks, Inc. | Report Received Date: Sep, 27 1983 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 21 1983 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : The yoke of the transmission propeller shaft may lack required strength due to erroneous counterbore operation in which 10 millimeters of extra material may have been cut. this condition could lead to fracture of the yoke in service. | Consequence Summary: |
| Corrective Summary : All affected parts will be inspected and replaced, if necessary. | Recall Notes: Vehicle description: trucks.system: power train; transmission propeller shaft yoke.consequences of defect: during engine operation at heavy throttle, as invehcile starting, fragments of a fractured yoke could be propelled outward andcause injury to nearby persons.note: the fracture could also occur without warning during normal highwayoperation, resulting in loss of power at the driving wheels, difficulty inmaintaining vehicle control, and a possible accident. |
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