- Vehicles
- 2,283
- Built between
- Mar 1995 – Feb 1996
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 22 April 1996
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 1995 and February 1996. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1996 Oshkosh MT14FDUBuilt March 1995 to February 1996
What the defect is
(1) the mounting plate, which is used in combination with four bolts to secure the saginaw 710 steering gear to the chassis frame, was designed to have four welded bosses with the same final height dimension. This plate was not ground down; (2) paint was left on the surface between the mounting plate and the steering gear; (3) a flanged-head bolt was misaligned through the frame, mounting plate and the steering gear; or (4) the tolerances between the frame and the mounting plate holes were too tight causing an alignment problem during assembly.
What could happen
These conditions can cause loose steering gear bolts which could lead to loss of steering control increasing the potential for a vehicle accident.
What gets fixed
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR FLANGED-HEAD MOUNTING BOLTS; THE MOUNTING PLATE WILL BE MACHINED TO SPECIFICATION ALSO INSURING THAT THE SURFACE IS FREE OF PAINT; THE STEERING GEAR MOUNTING FASTENERS WILL BE REPLACED; AND THE HOLES THROUGH THE FRAME AND THE MOUNTING PLATE WILL BE ENLARGED TO ALLOW FOR INCREASED ASSEMBLY CLEARANCE.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 1995 to February 1996
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 March 1996
- Owners notified22 April 1996
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 27 March 1996.
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 CORPORATION
- 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: steering; gear; rack and pinion. Vehicle description: heavy duty truck chassis equipped with a saginaw 710 steering gear. Note: owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time, should contact freightliner /oshkosh at 1-414-235-1726. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
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.