2000 UD UD1200 & 2000 UD UD1400 recall: steering
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: medium duty trucks. The steering gear box is mounted to the frame using a combination of two (2) mountings bolts with nuts and two (2) mounting studs. The two mounting bolts thread into mounting nuts that are welded to the inside of the frame. During vehicle manufacturing process, residual welding material from the welding of an adjacent bracket for the ABS relay may have accumulated in the two steering gear mounting nuts.
💥 The risk
This may have resulted in decreased torque to the steering gear box mounting bolts during assembly.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will remove and inspect the two mounting bolts for thread damage. New mounting bolts will be installed. If damage to the bolt threads is evident, new nuts will also be installed.
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
- 00V156000
- Manufacturer
- NISSAN DIESEL AMERICA, INC
- Vehicles affected
- 3,058
- Component
- STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Aug 4, 2000
- Built
- Mar 1, 1998 – Mar 30, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin during august 2000.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 nissan diesel at 1-972-756-5500.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).