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Freightliner certain heavy trucks, shuttle buses, and school buses equipped with bendix modulated spring brake valves.

NHTSA campaign 06V-205 · Reported December 6, 2006 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Freightliner Classic, Columbia and Coronado
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
FREIGHTLINER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE VALVES FREE OF CHARGE.
COST
Free

The short version

FREIGHTLINER LLC reported a problem with the conventional air. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

CERTAIN HEAVY TRUCKS, SHUTTLE BUSES, AND SCHOOL BUSES EQUIPPED WITH BENDIX MODULATED SPRING BRAKE VALVES. A DEFECT IN THE MODULATED SPRING BRAKE VALVE CASTING MAY CAUSE AN INTERMITTENT DELAY IN THE APPLICATION OF THE PARK BRAKE.

WHY IT MATTERS

THE VEHICLE MAY ROLLAWAY WITHOUT WARNING, POSSIBLY CAUSING PERSONAL INJURY.

WHAT TO DO

FREIGHTLINER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE VALVES FREE OF CHARGE.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 06V-205.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2007Freightliner Classic
2007Freightliner Columbia
2007Freightliner Coronado

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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