NHTSA recall campaign

96V181001

Vehicle Speed Control

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4Affected configurations shown258Potential units affected—Latest completion context
ComponentVehicle Speed Control
Report receivedDec 9, 1997
Investigations linked0
Indexed communications sampled0
What can happen

Safety consequence

IF UNINTENTIONAL CRANKING OF THE ENGINE OCCURS, PERSONS WORKING IN THE VICINITY OF THE ENGINE COULD BE INJURED AND THE VEHICLE COULD MOVE.

What fixes it

Official remedy

DETROIT DIESEL DISTRIBUTORS WILL REWIRE THE VEHICLES USING A REVISED ECM WHICH WILL ELIMINATE UNINTENTIONAL CRANKING.

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 96V181001

1996 FREIGHTLINER CENTURYOpen vehicle record →1996 FREIGHTLINER FLDOpen vehicle record →1995 FREIGHTLINER CENTURYOpen vehicle record →1995 FREIGHTLINER FLDOpen vehicle record →

Owner action

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