2000 Sterling Acterra recall: interior lighting
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks. Incorrect wiring of the instrument lighting dimmer switch CAN cause it to fail.
💥 The risk
This CAN result in a loss of the instrument cluster lighting.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will correct the wiring for the instrument lighting dimmer switch. Owner notification began may 29, 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
- 01V028000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-279
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 2,700
- Component
- INTERIOR LIGHTING
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 29, 2001
- Built
- Jan 1, 2000 – Dec 1, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).