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Mack castle nuts and cotter pins used to connect the steering drag link to the pitman arm and steering arm may have not been correctly installed, potentially causing separation of the drag link.

NHTSA campaign 19V-896 · Reported December 16, 2019 · 80 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Mack Anthem, Granite and Pinnacle
VEHICLES AFFECTED
80
REMEDY
Mack will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the drag link attachment points, repairing them, as necessary, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Mack Trucks, Inc. reported a problem with the link connection. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The castle nuts and cotter pins used to connect the steering drag link to the pitman arm and steering arm may have not been correctly installed, potentially causing separation of the drag link.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the drag link separates, loss of steering control my occur, increasing the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Mack will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the drag link attachment points, repairing them, as necessary, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 19V-896.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2020Mack Anthem
2020Mack Granite
2020Mack Pinnacle

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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