2000–2003 Freightliner MB-45 & 2000–2003 Freightliner MB-55 + 5 more recall: fuel system
⚠️ What's wrong
Certain 1998-2003 my freightliner FS-65 School BUS Chassis and MB-45, MB-55, and XB shuttle BUS Chassis, and thomas built BUS: mvp-er and mvp-ef School BUS and non-school BUS models equipped with cummins isb diesel engines and equipped with federal-mogal 12 and 24 volt fuel lift pumps. The fuel pump could fail to transfer fuel appropriately creating an engine stall condition.
💥 The risk
Should the engine stall while the vehicle is in use, a possible vehicle crash could occur.
🔧 The fix
Cummins will notify the customers of freightliner and thomas built and replace the fuel lift pump free of charge. Owners may contact cummins at 1-800-DIESELS.
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
- 05V205000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-447
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER LLC
- Vehicles affected
- 16,000
- Component
- FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Built
- Dec 1, 1997 – Jan 31, 2003
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.