NHTSA recall campaign

03V500000

Service Brakes, Air

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3Affected configurations shown400Potential units affected—Latest completion context
ComponentService Brakes, Air
Report receivedApr 12, 2003
Investigations linked0
Indexed communications sampled0
What can happen

Safety consequence

THIS COULD LEAD TO REDUCED BRAKE CONTROL, LOSS OF SERVICE BRAKE CONTROL, OR THE EMERGENCY BRAKES AUTOMATICALLY APPLYING, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

What fixes it

Official remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW CAB AIR MANIFOLD. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 21, 2004. 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 800-547-0712.

Recall lifecycle

Repair completion history

Campaign-level completion reporting. This does not determine whether a particular VIN has been repaired.

Latest reported completion: available in the live DOT record.

Affected vehicles

Vehicle configurations connected to 03V500000

2003 FREIGHTLINER CENTURYOpen vehicle record →2003 FREIGHTLINER ARGOSYOpen vehicle record →2003 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIAOpen vehicle record →

Owner action

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