NHTSA campaign 07V289000 · Freightliner campaign FL-503
FREIGHTLINER LLC Recall 07V-289: DOUGLAS AUTOTEC STEERING COLUMN MISSING WELDS
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 07V289000 (Freightliner campaign FL-503) was reported by FREIGHTLINER LLC on July 3, 2007, with 25,643 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Thomas Built Buses FS-65, Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner, Freightliner Century ST and more for model years 2004–2006. Owners were notified on August 30, 2007, per NHTSA.
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 07V289000 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.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 07V289000 (also written 07V-289 or 07V289)
- Filed by
- FREIGHTLINER LLC
- Freightliner campaign number
- FL-503
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 25,643 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Steering — Column
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Engineering Analysis EA07-002 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 07V289000. 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 Century ST
Freightliner Columbia
Freightliner Coronado
Thomas Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses FS-65
Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 07V289000.
Defect description
CERTAIN FREIGHTLINER SCHOOL BUSES AND TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 23, 2004, TO MARCH 21, 2006. DURING THE STEERING COLUMN MANUFACTURING PROCESS TWO WELDS MAY HAVE BEEN MISSING.
Safety consequence
COLUMNS WITH TWO WELDS MISSING MAY FATIGUE AND FRACTURE AND ALLOW THE STEERING WHEEL TO PROGRESSIVELY BE MOVED OUT OF ITS NORMAL POSITION WHICH MAY CAUSE THE STEERING TO RESPOND DIFFERENTLY THAN EXPECTED. IF THIS CONDITION IS IGNORED, A CRASH MAY OCCUR.
Manufacturer remedy
FREIGHTLINER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND INSPECT AND REPAIR THE AFFECTED VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 30, 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT FREIGHTLINER AT 1-800-547-0712.
Notes
FREIGHTLINER RECALL NO. FL-503.CUSTOMERS MAY 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 07V289000
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.