- Vehicles
- 75,000
- Built between
- Jul 2002 – Jul 2007
- Models
- 21
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 11 January 2008
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 2002 and July 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2003-2008 FCCC B2Built July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 FCCC XCBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner ArgosyBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner Business Class M2Built July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner Century STBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner ClassicBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner Classic XLBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner ColumbiaBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner CoronadoBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner FL112 Business ClassBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner FL80 Business ClassBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner FLD112Built July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner FLD120Built July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner FLD120SDBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner MT-45Built July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Freightliner MT-55Built July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Sterling A-LineBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Sterling ActerraBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Sterling L-LineBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2Built July 2002 to July 2007
- 2003-2008 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDXBuilt July 2002 to July 2007
What the defect is
Certain freightliner school bus chassis, heavy trucks, and thomas built school buses manufactured between july 2002 and july 3, 2007, equipped with bendix SR-7 spring brake control valves. The parker scv brass 90 degree single check valves (scv) which attach to the supply port of a bendix SR-7 spring brake modulating valve can break apart. Pieces of the parker scv can become lodged inside the SR-7 spring brake modulating valve, potentially causing either leakage out of the SR-7 valve or preventing air from properly exhausting from the SR-7 valve. Also, due to a manufacturing defect in the internal rubber check valve inside the SR-7 spring brake modulating valves, the valves can become deformed and not seat properly.
What could happen
These conditions could either result in leakage and cause a delay in the application of the spring brake without warning or possibly lead to unintended vehicle rollaway or brake drag which could result in a vehicle crash, personal injury, or death.
What gets fixed
FREIGHTLINER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2008 TO FREIGHTLINER, STERLING, AND FREIGHTLINER CUSTOM CHASSIS OWNERS; TO THOMAS BUILT BUS OWNERS ON FEBRUARY 1, 2008.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 2002 to July 2007
- Recall reported to NHTSA16 July 2007
- Owners notified11 January 2008
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 16 July 2007.
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.
Manufacturer contact
Owners can contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- FL-504
- Recalling manufacturer
- FREIGHTLINER LLC
- 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
Freightliner recall no. FL-504.CUSTOMERS may 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.