2000 Freightliner MC & 2000 Freightliner VCL + 1 more recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: motor home chassis. The tire pressure on the certification labels are incorrect for the designated gross axle weight rating. This does not comply with requirements of part 567, "certification."
💥 The risk
This could result in improper inflation of the tires for the gross axle weight rating listed for the chassis.
🔧 The fix
Owners will be mailed an overlay with the correct tire pressure.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V040000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-253
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 15,000
- Component
- EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Nov 27, 2000
- Built
- May 1, 1996 – Jan 1, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began november 27, 2000. Owners who do not receive a new labelwithin 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).