Freightliner Fld, Flc, Flb. Published by Transport Canada as 1997198 on 13 November 1997. System: Suspension.
What the notice says Note: vehicles equipped with rockwell ff980 series front axles.
the front axle hub flange may develop cracks due to high stress levels. cracks in a hub flange can result in a wheel separation.
correction: hubs will be removed and replaced with an improved version.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997198
- Recall date
- 13 November 1997
- Make
- Freightliner
- Models
- FLD, FLC, FLB
- Model years
- 1996
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 128
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ROCKWELL FF980 SERIES FRONT AXLES.
THE FRONT AXLE HUB FLANGE MAY DEVELOP CRACKS DUE TO HIGH STRESS LEVELS. CRACKS IN A HUB FLANGE CAN RESULT IN A WHEEL SEPARATION.
CORRECTION: HUBS WILL BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH AN IMPROVED VERSION.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1997198.
Freightliner elsewhere in this register
Freightliner is named on 376 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1997131 · 17 July 1997 · Century · Steering
- 1997108 · 5 June 1997 · TC · Engine
- 1997044 · 27 February 1997 · XC Chassis · Steering
- 1997032 · 13 February 1997 · FLD · Brakes
- 1997033 · 13 February 1997 · Mt45 Chassis · Brakes
- 1997022 · 30 January 1997 · Century · Seats And Restraints
- 1997019 · 28 January 1997 · Fla, FLB, FLD · Engine
- 1997018 · 27 January 1997 · Truck · Suspension
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1997202 · 19 November 1997 · Voyager, Caravan, Grand Caravan · Suspension
- 1997205 · 20 November 1997 · Cirrus, Stratus, Breeze · Suspension
- 1997182 · 20 October 1997 · D20 Axle, D35 Axle, D28 Axle · Suspension
- 1997174 · 9 October 1997 · 7 Series · Suspension
- 1997227 · 22 December 1997 · 9000 Conv., 9000 Cabover · Suspension
- 1997144 · 19 August 1997 · T2000, W900, T400 · Suspension
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Freightliner FLD, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Freightliner: 376 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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