2000 Freightliner XC recall: wheels
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: recreational vehicle chassis. The components that retain the rear axle wheel covers may have been damaged during installation.
💥 The risk
This CAN result in a separation of the wheel cover, increasing the risk of property damage to following vehicles.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the wheel covers with a different design that has an improved means of retention.
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
- 00V248000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-270
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 3,400
- Component
- WHEELS:HUB
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 1, 2000
- Built
- May 1, 1999 – Apr 30, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began december 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 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).