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NHTSA campaign 09V357000 · Manufacturer campaign FL-557

Freightliner Recall 09V-357: RACK AND PINION STEERING

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V357000 (Manufacturer campaign FL-557) was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on September 16, 2009, with 8,882 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Freightliner Century, Freightliner Cascadia and Freightliner Columbia for model years 2005–2010. Owners were notified on February 5, 2010, 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 09V357000 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
09V357000 (also written 09V-357 or 09V357)
Filed by
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer campaign number
FL-557
Report received
Potentially affected
8,882 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Steering — Rack and Pinion
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE09-040 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V357000. 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 Cascadia

  • Freightliner Century

  • Freightliner Columbia

    • 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 · Vehicles built October 29, 2004 – July 3, 2009 (per NHTSA)
All Freightliner recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V357000.

Defect description

DAIMLER TRUCKS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005 THROUGH 2010 HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 29, 2005 THROUGH JULY 3, 2009. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITION, THE LEFT HAND INNER TIE ROD END MAY LOOSEN OVER TIME AND IF NOT CORRECTED, POTENTIALLY SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING RACK.

Safety consequence

A SEPARATED TIE ROD ASSEMBLY CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

DAIMLER TRUCKS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND THE VEHICLES WILL BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 5, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER TRUCKS TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-547-0712.

Notes

DAIMLER TRUCKS' RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER FL-557.OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V357000

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.