- Vehicles
- 7,135
- Built between
- Jan 2004 – Dec 2004
- Models
- 10
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between January 2004 and December 2004. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Holland AD-123Built January 2004 to December 2004
- Holland AD-124Built January 2004 to December 2004
- Holland AD-126Built January 2004 to December 2004
- Holland AD-127
- Holland AD-246Built January 2004 to December 2004
- Holland AD-248Built January 2004 to December 2004
- Holland AD-252Built January 2004 to December 2004
- Holland AD-254Built January 2004 to December 2004
- Holland AD-369Built January 2004 to December 2004
- Holland AD-378Built January 2004 to December 2004
What the defect is
Certain holland ad series suspensions and transverse beam/sub-assemblies with transverse beam castings manufactured between january 1 and december 31, 2004, for use in heavy trucks and emergency vehicles. The castings were not made to specifications and may fracture under normal loads.
What could happen
If a casting breaks when the vehicle is traveling on a roadway, the broken pieces can become projectiles and can possibly cause a vehicle crash or cause injuries. Also, the transverse beam may drop down low enough to contact the road surface causing sparks that could possibly ignite a fire.
What gets fixed
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TRANSVERSE BEAM ASSEMBLIES.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJanuary 2004 to December 2004
- Recall reported to NHTSA11 April 2005
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
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 11 April 2005.
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
- HOLLAND USA, 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
Customers 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.
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.