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Mack certain trucks fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no.

NHTSA campaign 04V-118 · Reported April 3, 2004 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Mack DM
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE CHAMBERS.
COST
Free

The short version

MACK TRUCKS, INC reported a problem with the disc chamber. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

CERTAIN TRUCKS FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 121, "AIR BRAKE SYSTEMS." THE FRONT BRAKE CHAMBER ON SOME 18,000 LB.

WHY IT MATTERS

THIS COULD CAUSE THE STOPPING DISTANCE TO BE INCREASED, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

WHAT TO DO

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE CHAMBERS, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 04V-118.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2003–2004Mack DM

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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