The defect
Mack Trucks, Inc. (Mack) is recalling certain 2024 LR garbage trucks. The reinforcing floor welds may be missing from around the passenger seat pedestal, reducing floor strength.
The risk
The pedestal may buckle during a crash, preventing the passenger seat from properly restraining a passenger.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and add welds as necessary, replace the missing floor welds, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 12, 2023. Owners may contact Mack customer service at 1-800-866-1177. Mack's number for this recall is SC0446.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Mack LR | 2024 |
Components: STRUCTURE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mack LR | 2024 | 0 | 6 |
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80 of the 894 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2023 concerned the structure; Mack Trucks, Inc. filed 118 campaigns in all.
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