{"id":4295,"date":"2021-01-02T21:37:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T21:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/western-star-4800-2000-01v167002\/"},"modified":"2021-01-02T21:37:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T21:37:09","slug":"western-star-4800-2000-01v167002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/western-star-4800-2000-01v167002\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Star 4800 (2000) – 01V167002"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defect Description For Recall<\/h2>

Vehicle Description: Heavy Duty Trucks Equipped With Chalmers 1000 And 800 Series Suspension Kits. These Suspension Kits May Have Insufficient Penetration Of The Weld Attaching The Torque Rod Eye To The Torque Rod Tube. <\/p>

Make Of Vehicle<\/h2>

WESTERN STAR<\/p>

Model Of Vehicle<\/h2>

4800<\/p>

Year<\/h2>

2000<\/p>

Recall Campaign Number<\/h2>

01V167002<\/p>

Component Description<\/h2>

Suspension<\/p>

Effect Of Defect<\/h2>

Failure Of The Weld Could Result In Separation Of The Eye And Tube, Causing A Lock Of Axle Retention, Which Could Result In Loss Of Vehicle Control.<\/p>

Fix Defect<\/h2>

Dealers Will Replace All Chalmers Fixed Torque Rods On These Vehicles. Owner Notification Began March 14, 2002. 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 At 1-800-547-0712.<\/p>

Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2>

Freightliner Corporation<\/p>

Start Of Manufacture<\/h2>

20000508<\/p>

End Of Manufacture<\/h2>

20001006<\/p>

Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2>

V<\/p>

Number Affected<\/h2>

222<\/p>

Date Owners Notified<\/h2>

20020314<\/p>

Initiated By<\/h2>

Mfr<\/p>

Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2>

Freightliner Llc<\/p>

Date Report Received<\/h2>

20010514<\/p>

Make Campaign Number<\/h2>

FL-379<\/p>

Part Number<\/h2>

<\/p>

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2>

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Vehicle recall defect – Vehicle Description: Heavy Duty Trucks Equipped With Chalmers 1000 And 800 Series Suspension Kits. These Suspension Kits May Have Insufficient Penetration Of The Weld Attaching The Torque Rod Eye To The Torque Rod Tube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[875,692],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}