Freightliner Xc 2008

• Recall 2008014 [Canada]: Brakes
  On certain vehicles, incorrect fasteners may have been used to attached the brake caliper to the brake anchor plate during vehicle assembly. The incorrect fasteners may not provide adequate clamping force, potentially resulting in reduced brake effectiveness. Extended stopping distances may result in a vehicle crash causing injury or death. Correction: dealers will inspect and, if incorrect bolts are found, will check for possible additional damage, and repair as required.

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• Recall 2008201 [Canada]: Suspension
  On certain motorhomes, the rear suspension transverse beam may have been manufactured incorrectly. Should it fail, vehicle stability while cornering would be affected, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash with personal injury or death. In addition, the transverse beam could drop to the ground causing sparks that could create a fire hazard. Correction: dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the transverse beam assembly.

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• Freightliner chassis/saf-holland equip. investigation # EQ08014

  On april 4, 2008, saf-holland reported that certain adl & adlsd transverse beam assemblies, produced between july 1, 2007 and october 10, 2007, might have been incorrectly welded during production.Should a transverse beam assembly fail during vehicle operation, loss of vehicle control leading to a crash is possible.Should a transverse beam assembly fall to the ground during vehicle operation, sparks may occur posing a fire hazard. As all other customers of saf-holland had submitted information to nhtsa, only 8 of freightliners customers were included in this eq.With freightliner conducting the recall campaign, rmd requested make/model information from their 8 customers or, if they chose, submission of a defect report for vehicles that received these chassis.Rmd mailed these 8 vehicle manufacturers ir letters on 11/6/2008.Responses were received from all but alfa leisure inc. Who is no longer operating.3 manufacturers did not need to submit make/model information or defect reports to nhtsa as they either did not retail any recalled units or they were only retailed outside the u.S.4 manufacturers, craftsmen limo, farber specialty vehicles, fleetwood, and tiffin motor homes all chose to submit make/model information to rmd in lieu of defect reports for their affected vehicles.All make/models of affected vehicles have been added to freightliner recall# 08v-269.Ir responses can be found below or in the document repository.This eq is closed.
  

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