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NHTSA campaign 10V178000 · Manufacturer campaign FL-577

Fccc and Freightliner Recall 10V-178: HYDRAULIC BRAKE SWITCHES

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 10V178000 (Manufacturer campaign FL-577) was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on April 30, 2010, with 8,971 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Fccc B2, Fccc MC, Fccc S2 and more for model years 2005–2011. Owners were notified on May 27, 2011, 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 10V178000 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
10V178000 (also written 10V-178 or 10V178)
Filed by
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer campaign number
FL-577
Report received
Potentially affected
8,971 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Exterior Lighting — Brake Lights — Switch
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE10-007 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V178000. 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.

Fccc

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Freightliner

  • Freightliner Business Class M2

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V178000.

Defect description

DTNA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005 THROUGH 2011 FREIGHTLINER BUSINESS CLASS C2, FCCC B2 CHASSIS, S2 CHASSIS, AND MC CHASSIS MANUFACTURED BEGINNING JANUARY 19, 2005 THROUGH APRIL 16, 2010. THE STOP LAMPS MAY BE INTERMITTENT DURING LIGHT BRAKE APPLICATIONS.

Safety consequence

THE STOP LAMPS MAY NOT PROPERLY INDICATE THAT THE SERVICE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHICH MAY LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

Manufacturer remedy

DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY DTNA DEALERSHIPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 27, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA AT 1-800-547-0712.

Notes

DTNA'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS FL-577.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 10V178000

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.