2000 Freightliner FLD & 2000 Freightliner FLN + 6 more recall: suspension
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with chalmers 1000 and 800 series suspension kits. These suspension kits may have insufficient penetration of the weld attaching the torque rod eye to the torque rod tube.
💥 The risk
Failure of the weld could result in separation of the eye and tube, causing a lock of axle retention, which could result in loss of vehicle control.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace all chalmers fixed torque rods on these vehicles. Owner notification began march 14, 2002. 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
- 01V167002
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-379
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 222
- Component
- SUSPENSION
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Mar 14, 2002
- Built
- May 8, 2000 – Oct 6, 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).