2000 Sterling Acterra recall: windows, wipers & mirrors
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks. An undersized ground wire for the defroster blower motor switch CAN cause the switch to overheat and fail.
💥 The risk
This results in a loss of the defrosting system.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the defroster blower motor switch ground wire. Owner notification began may 21, 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
- 01V029000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-280
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 2,858
- Component
- VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 21, 2001
- Built
- Jan 1, 2000 – Dec 12, 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).