Mack Gu, model years 2008 to 2011. Filed by Mack Trucks, Inc and reported to NHTSA on 20 May 2011. 771 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mack trucks is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 gu heavy trucks manufactured from september 12, 2007, through april 8, 2011, with a four battery cable design. as a result of the routing and clipping used, the battery cables may come into contact with frame hardware, which, as a result of chafing, may cause the …
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Mack's own number for this recall: SC0354. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V292 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11V292 cover?
- Mack Gu, model years 2008-2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- MACK TRUCKS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2011 GU HEAVY TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 2007, THROUGH APRIL 8, 2011, WITH A FOUR BATTERY CABLE DESIGN.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A SHORT CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE A VEHICLE FIRE.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL RE-ROUTE THE BATTERY CABLES AND REPLACE THE CABLES IF CHAFING HAS OCCURRED. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MACK TRUCKS AT 1-800-866-1177.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mack calls this recall SC0354, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A SHORT CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE A VEHICLE FIRE.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V292 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | MACK TRUCKS, INC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery:Cables |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 May 2011 |
| Model years | 2008-2011 |
| Vehicles named | MACK GU |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A SHORT CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE A VEHICLE FIRE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL RE-ROUTE THE BATTERY CABLES AND REPLACE THE CABLES IF CHAFING HAS OCCURRED. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MACK TRUCKS AT 1-800-866-1177.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 11V292, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v292/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Mack notices we hold
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- 13V492: model year 2013-2014 CHU, CXU, GU, LEU, and MRU
- 13V195: model year 2013-2014 CHU, CXU, GU, MRU, and LEU trucks manufactured July 16, 2012, through march 18, 2013 and equipped with drum brakes
- 13V153: model year 2011-2013 CXU trucks manufactured November 23, 2010, through March 19, 2012
- 12V017: MODEL YEAR 2002-2005 MR AND LE HEAVY TRUCKS, MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2002, THROUGH DECEMBER 22, 2004
- 11V461: MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 CXU TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 1, 2010, THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2011
- 11V374: MODEL YEAR 2009-2012 MRU HEAVY TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM NOVEMBER 26, 2008, THROUGH APRIL 26, 2011
All 14 Mack campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V292 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2919790b - Consequence
4de3066c - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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