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Mack Pinnacle (Cxu), model years 2013 to 2015. Filed by Mack Trucks, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 17 August 2015. 79 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Mack Trucks, Inc. (Mack) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Pinnacle (CXU) trucks manufactured from October 3, 2012, through February 18, 2014 and equipped with Meritor air disc brakes. In the affected vehicles, the brake chambers may have been incorrectly mounted resulting in internal contamination of the air …

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Mack's own number for this recall: SC0392. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V521 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 15V521 cover?
Mack Pinnacle (Cxu), model years 2013-2015.
What is wrong with them?
Mack Trucks, Inc. (Mack) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Pinnacle (CXU) trucks manufactured from October 3, 2012, through February 18, 2014 and equipped with Meritor air disc brakes.
What can happen if it is not put right?
Contamination of the calipers may cause a loss of brakes on one wheel, lengthening the distance required to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Mack will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the disc brake caliper and brake chamber to determine if the washers are located in the correct position. If the washers are in the correct position, no further action is required.
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 SC0392, 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: “Contamination of the calipers may cause a loss of brakes on one wheel, lengthening the distance required to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.”

79vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 17 August 2015owners told 30 September 2015today
The defect reached the regulator on 17 August 2015. Owners were written to 44 days later, on 30 September 2015. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign took longer than most.
Campaign15V521
Filed byMack Trucks, Inc.
System at faultService Brakes, Air:Disc:Chamber
Reported to NHTSA17 August 2015
Model years2013-2015
Vehicles namedMACK PINNACLE (CXU)

What the notice says today

The consequence

Contamination of the calipers may cause a loss of brakes on one wheel, lengthening the distance required to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Mack will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the disc brake caliper and brake chamber to determine if the washers are located in the correct position. If the washers are in the correct position, no further action is required. If the washers are not located in the correct position, replacement of the disc brake caliper and brake chamber will be performed and the addition of two washers per brake assembly will be installed, free of charge. The recall began on September 30, 2015. Owners may contact Mack customer service at 1-800-866-1177. Mack's number for this recall is SC0392.

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 353 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, air. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V521, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v521/

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.

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