| NHTSA Record Id: 4546 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MACK |
| Recalled Component Id: 000014792000078291000000045 |
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| Model Name: RD |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 02V061002 |
Mfr Campaign Number: SCO273 |
| Component Name: SUSPENSION:REAR |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 01 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jan, 16 2002 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 213 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Apr, 22 2002 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mack Trucks, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Mar, 21 2002 |
| Record Creation date : Mar, 26 2002 |
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| Defect Summary : On certain heavy duty trucks equipped with dana spicer tandem drive axle models ds463, an undersized attachment weld may fracture without warning. |
Consequence Summary: The loss of this attachment to the vehicle chassis can adversely affect vehicle handling or driver control. |
| Corrective Summary : The dealers will remove the suspect bracket, inspect the axle housing, and reweld the bracket to the axle housing. owner notification began april 22, 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 mack at 610-709-3337. |
Recall Notes: Mack truck recall no. sco273. consumers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236. |
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