Mcd 7810 Steering: Hydraulic Power Assist System

Mcd 7810 is recalling about 300 vehicles over a problem with the steering. Loss of power assist could result in a vehicle crash, possibly resulting in serious injury or death.

Campaign
04E066000
Manufacturer
EATON HYDRAULICS, INC.
Reported
14 September 2004
Vehicles
300
Built between
Not published
Models
2
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
3 September 2004
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • Mcd 7810 100AT00002A
  • 2003-2004 NABI 40LFW

What the defect is

Cetain eaton hydraulics motor manifold assemblies model mcd 7810, rev g, p/n 02-198616, part of motor manifold assembly 100AT00002A produced between december 2002 and march 2004 and sold for use on north american bus industries (nabi) transit buses model 40LFW. The lack of an orifice in the proportional valve manifold assembly leads to pressure oscillations which may ultimately lead to a degradation of power-assisted steering.

What could happen

Loss of power assist could result in a vehicle crash, possibly resulting in serious injury or death.

What gets fixed

NABI IS DOING THE REPAIRS FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. NABI WILL INSTALL AN ORIFICE FREE OF CHARGE. SEE RECALL 04V-474.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA14 September 2004
  2. Owners notified3 September 2004

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 14 September 2004.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
EATON HYDRAULICS, INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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