2000 Sterling A Line & 2000 Sterling L Line recall: fuel system
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty truck models with 111", 113", and 122" cabs. The fuel tank steps CAN develop fatigue cracks due to excessive overhang.
💥 The risk
The steps could fail.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the step assembly for overhang and add an end support of the trailing edge of the fuel tank step, if necessary. Owner notification began november 2, 2001. 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.
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
- 00V080000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-254
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 9,875
- Component
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Nov 2, 2001
- Built
- Mar 1, 1998 – Mar 16, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began november 2, 2001. 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.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).