NHTSA campaign 01V117000 · Freightliner campaign FL-283

Freightliner Recall 01V-117: FREIGHTLINER/BACK-UP BRAKE PUMP WIRING

NHTSA recall 01V117000 (Freightliner campaign FL-283) was reported by FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION on April 13, 2001, with 1,354 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Freightliner MT45 for model years 2000–2001. Owners were notified on July 23, 2001, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 01V117000 (also written 01V-117 or 01V117)
Filed by: FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION
Freightliner campaign number: FL-283
Report received: April 13, 2001
Potentially affected: 1,354 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Electrical System — Wiring
Owners notified: July 23, 2001

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 01V117000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Freightliner

Freightliner MT45
- 2000, 2001 · Vehicles built June 1, 2000 – January 5, 2001 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 01V117000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: STEP VANS. THE BACK-UP BRAKE PUMP WAS WIRED TO A 25 AMP FUSED CIRCUIT INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 50 AMP FUSED CIRCUIT. IF THE BACK-UP HYDRAULIC BRAKE PUMP WERE TO ENGAGE DUE TO A FAILURE IN THE PRIMARY BRAKE ASSIST SYSTEM OR THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WITHOUT THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE FUSE COULD BLOW.

Safety consequence

THIS RESULTS IN A LOSS OF POWER ASSIST TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REWIRE THE BACK-UP BRAKE PUMP CIRCUIT. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 23, 2001. 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.

Notes

ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 01V117000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.