The defect
POWER STEERING HOSE ASSEMBLIES WERE BUILT WITH INCORRECT END FITTINGS. THESE END FITTINGS WERE RATED AT 1250 PSI WORKING PRESSURE AND THE CORRECT END FITTINGS ARE RATED AT 2000 PSI.
The risk
THE END FITTINGS COULD FAIL UNDER NORMAL SYSTEM PRESSURE,RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST AND/OR LEAKAGE OF POWER STEERINGFLUID. LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROLWHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. LEAKAGE OF POWER STEERING FLUID MAY RESULT IN AFIRE.
The remedy
REMOVE AND REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE LINE BETWEEN THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE STEERING GEAR BOX.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Freightliner FLD-112 | 1993 |
| Freightliner FLD-120 | 1993 |
Components: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freightliner FLD-112 | 1993 | 0 | 2 |
| Freightliner FLD-120 | 1993 | 1 | 2 |
Other steering recalls in 1993
10 of the 223 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1993 concerned the steering; FREIGHTLINER CORP. filed 116 campaigns in all.
| 93V210000 13 Dec 1993 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 93V203000 6 Dec 1993 | BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| 93V172000 25 Oct 1993 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| 93V142001 1 Oct 1993 | THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC. |
| 93V103000 14 Jun 1993 | FREIGHTLINER CORP. |
| 93V066000 27 Apr 1993 | FAIRMONT TAMPER |
| 93V063000 20 Apr 1993 | STEWART & STEVENSON SERV. |
| 93V042000 23 Mar 1993 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1993