2000 Freightliner XC recall: speed control
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: chassis built with caterpillar engines and equipped with felsted electronic accelerator pedals. The return springs CAN break on the accelerator pedals that are equipped with stainless steel or electroplated music wire return springs.
💥 The risk
This condition could cause the pedal to go to full throttle if both return springs break, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Replacement accelerator pedals equipped with return springs manufactured of music wire with one additional coil on each spring and with an organic coating, eliminating electroplating will 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
- 00V230002
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-271
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 5,032
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 23, 2001
- Built
- Dec 1, 1997 – Aug 4, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began january 23, 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).