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NHTSA campaign 05V205000 · Freightliner campaign FL-447

Freightliner and Thomas Recall 05V-205: CUMMINS/FUEL LIFT PUMP/STALLING CONDITION

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 05V205000 (Freightliner campaign FL-447) was reported by FREIGHTLINER LLC on April 27, 2005, with 16,000 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Freightliner MB-45, Freightliner MB55, Freightliner XB and more for model years 1998–2003.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V205000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
05V205000 (also written 05V-205 or 05V205)
Filed by
FREIGHTLINER LLC
Freightliner campaign number
FL-447
Report received
Potentially affected
16,000 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Fuel System, Diesel

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V205000. 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 FS-65

  • Freightliner FS-65 School Bus Chassis

    • 2003 · Vehicles built December 1, 1997 – January 31, 2003 (per NHTSA)

  • Freightliner MB-45

  • Freightliner MB55

  • Freightliner XB

All Freightliner recalls

Thomas

  • Thomas MVP EF

    • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 · Vehicles built December 1, 1997 – January 31, 2003 (per NHTSA)
    • 2003 · Vehicles built December 1, 1997 – December 1, 2003 (per NHTSA)

  • Thomas MVP ER

All Thomas recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V205000.

Defect description

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.

Safety consequence

SHOULD THE ENGINE STALL WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN USE, A POSSIBLE VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

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.

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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V205000

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.