Mack recall: Service brakes, air
What is wrong
Mack trucks is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 chu, cxu, gu, leu and mru trucks manufactured from october 15, 2010, through january 31, 2011, and equipped with gunite automatic slack adjusters. Due to an incomplete "knitting" of the iron at the time of casting, inadequate structural integrity of the slack adjuster housing can occur, which could cause the housing to break at the handle under normal operating loads.
What could happen
Slack adjusters with this flow notch could crack under normal braking conditions causing loss of braking which could result in a vehicle crash.
The fix
Mack trucks will notify owners and dealers will replace the subject slack adjusters free of charge. The safety recall began on august 24, 2011. Owners may contact mack trucks at 1-800-528-6586.
Vehicles covered
- Mack Granite (Gu) 2012
- Mack Gu 2011
- Mack Leu 2011–2012
- Mack Mru 2011–2012
- Mack Pinnacle (Chu) 2011–2012
- Mack Pinnacle (Cxu) 2011–2012
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 11V272000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Mack Trucks, Inc
- Reported to NHTSA
- May 3, 2011
- Owners notified
- Aug 12, 2011
- Vehicles or items affected
- 1,524
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Oct 15, 2010 to Jan 31, 2011
- Part
- Service brakes, air › Slack adjusters › Automatic
- Maker's own recall number
- SC0352
Notes
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Mack recall: Wheels Jun 2, 2021
- Mack recall: Electronic stability control (esc) Apr 1, 2021
- Mack recall: Steering Dec 16, 2019
- Mack recall: Exterior lighting Mar 18, 2019
- Mack recall: Service brakes, air Feb 21, 2019
- Mack recall: Visibility Jan 24, 2019
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.