2004 Freightliner American Lafrance & 2004 Freightliner Freightliner + 3 more recall: suspension
⚠️ What's wrong
Certain Freightliner trucks and thomas School buses equipped with holland/neway air suspension systems, a transverse beam casting may fracture under normal loads. If a casting breaks when the vehicle is traveling on a roadway there is the potential for pieces of the casting to become projectiles and the suspension's transverse beam may drop down low enough to contact the road surface.
💥 The risk
This will cause sparks that could potentially ignite and cause a fire.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect and replace the defective transverse beam assemblies. The recall began for thomas built owners on february 10, 2006; and for Freightliner owners on april 14, 2006. Owners may 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
- 05V284000
- Manufacturer recall #
- FL-453
- Manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER LLC
- Vehicles affected
- 634
- Component
- SUSPENSION
- Owner phone
- 1-800-547-0712
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Feb 10, 2006
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Freightliner recall no.FL-453.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.