Freightliner Seat Belts

Freightliner is recalling about 16 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts. Trucks do not comply with FMVSS 210.

Campaign
87V102000
Manufacturer
FREIGHTLINER CORP.
Reported
10 July 1987
Vehicles
16
Built between
Aug 1986 – May 1987
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
30 September 1987
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 1986 and May 1987. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1986-1987 Freightliner FreightlinerBuilt August 1986 to May 1987

What the defect is

Fasteners used to assemble the d ring anchorage for the shoulder harness may not provide sufficient strength to meet specified load requirements of FMVSS 210.

What could happen

Trucks do not comply with FMVSS 210.

What gets fixed

REPLACE MONOBOLT FASTENERS WITH HIGH CLAMP 1/4 IN BLIND RIVETS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 1986 to May 1987
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA10 July 1987
  3. Owners notified30 September 1987

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 10 July 1987.

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
FREIGHTLINER CORP.
Safety standard
FMVSS 210
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

System: seat belts/fmvss 210.VEHICLE description: 120 ft long conventional trucks equipped with optionaltype 2 seat belt assemblies.

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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