2002 Freightliner Business Class & 2002 Freightliner Conventional + 3 more recall: trailer hitch
⚠️ What's wrong
On certain truck-tractor model vehicles equipped with conmet simplex stationary or sliding fifth-wheel, the clinch pins that retain the fifth-wheel pivot pins may not be fully installed.
💥 The risk
The fifth wheel could separate from the vehicle increasing the risk of A crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the fifth wheel to verify the correct installation of the clinch pin and pivot pin. Missing pins will be replaced. Owner notification began november 15, 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
- 02V337000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-399
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 733
- Component
- TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Nov 15, 2002
- Built
- May 1, 2002 – Jun 28, 2002
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Freightliner recall no. FL-399. Customers CAN also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).