1987 MACK RW SERIES Recalls (4)
- Campaign:
- 87V166000 on 11/03/1987
- Component:
- Steering:linkages
- Manufactured:
- 05/31/1986 - 04/30/1987
- Affected:
- 200
- Defect:
- On right hand steering arm, keyway may be in the wrong location causing a toggle condition to occur under certain conditions.
- Consequence:
- This could result in slow steering return without priorwarning which would affect steering control and create the potential for acrash.
- Correction:
- Replace incorrect steering arm.
- Notes:
- System: steering armvehicle description: heavy duty trucks with dual steering gears.
- Campaign:
- 87V179000 on 12/03/1987
- Component:
- Steering:linkages
- Manufactured:
- 06/30/1987 - 07/31/1987
- Affected:
- 323
- Defect:
- Cross steering levers may be improperly heat treated and subject to fail during normal operation.
- Consequence:
- Such failure could cause loss of truck control withoutprior warning and result in a crash.
- Correction:
- Install new, properly heat treated steering lever.
- Notes:
- System: cross steering levervehicle description: heavy duty trucks with mack faw 616 or 617 series frontaxle.
- Campaign:
- 88V154000 on 10/10/1988
- Component:
- Suspension:multiple axle
- Manufactured:
- 12/31/1986 - 03/31/1987
- Affected:
- 129
- Defect:
- The undersized weld on the rear suspension bracketry attachment can cause bracket failure.
- Consequence:
- Bracket failure can allow the spring assembly to bereleased onto the roadway, possibly resulting in loss of control and anaccident.
- Correction:
- Replace any housings that have single pass (undersized) welds on the bracketry attachment.
- Notes:
- System: rear axle housing.vehicle description: heavy duty trucks.
- Campaign:
- 89V032000 on 03/15/1989
- Component:
- Steering:hydraulic power assist:hose, piping, and connections
- Manufactured:
- 02/28/1987 - 08/31/1988
- Affected:
- 3,127
- Defect:
- An incorrect high pressure power steering hose may have been installed.
- Consequence:
- Under certain conditions, hose could fail resulting inloss of power steering assist and possibly an accident.
- Correction:
- Replace incorrect power steering hoses.
- Notes:
- System: power steering hose.vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with stratoflex high pressurepower steering hose.
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