2003 Wheeled Coach Ambulance recall: suspension
⚠️ What's wrong
Certain ambulances built on ford F-450 cab-chassis trucks have the wrong attachment bracket on the rear air suspension components.
💥 The risk
The bracket could fail causing a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will install the correct bracket kit. Owner notification began april 25, 2003. 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 wheeled coach at 1-800-628-8178.
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
- 03V157000
- Manufacturer
- WHEELED COACH INDUSTRIES
- Vehicles affected
- 6
- Component
- SUSPENSION:REAR
- Owner phone
- 1-800-628-8178
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 25, 2003
- Built
- Dec 1, 2002 – Apr 15, 2003
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Customers CAN also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).