Recalls for 2004 Freightliner Sterling

DEFECT #1 - SUSPENSION

Posted on: 2005-06-17
Description
Certain freightliner trucks and thomas school buses equipped with holland/neway air suspension systems, a transverse beam casting may fracture under normal loads.  If a casting breaks when the vehicle is traveling on a roadway there is the potential for pieces of the casting to become projectiles and the suspension's transverse beam may drop down low enough to contact the road surface.

Consequence
This will cause sparks that could potentially ignite and cause a fire.

Corrective Action
Dealers will inspect and replace the defective transverse beam assemblies.  The recall began for thomas built owners on february 10, 2006; and for freightliner owners on april 14, 2006.  Owners may contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712.

Notes
Freightliner recall no.fl-453.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.