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Mcneilus Truck & Manufacturing affected trucks are equipped with an air actuated transit arm latch that may loosen over time, causing the transit arm latch to unintentionally release, allowing the arm to extend beyond the overall width of the vehicle.

NHTSA campaign 15V-536 · Reported August 21, 2015 · 809 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Mcneilus Truck & Manufacturing
VEHICLES AFFECTED
809
REMEDY
McNeilus will notify owners, and fleet service technicians will install a new a chain style transit arm latch that will keep the arm from drifting, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. reported a problem with the equipment. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The affected trucks are equipped with an air actuated transit arm latch that may loosen over time, causing the transit arm latch to unintentionally release, allowing the arm to extend beyond the overall width of the vehicle.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the latch arm unexpectedly extends from the side of the vehicle, there is an increased the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

McNeilus will notify owners, and fleet service technicians will install a new a chain style transit arm latch that will keep the arm from drifting, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 15V-536.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 15V-536

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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