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NHTSA recall 98V052000

Engine and engine cooling › Cooling system › Fan

Freightliner Business Class

Reported Mar 4, 19988,485 vehicles affectedFREIGHTLINER CORPORATIONBuilt Jan 1, 1991 – Jun 10, 1997

The defect

Vehicle description: truck-tractors equipped with 26" 8-blade metal engine cooling fans. the fan blades can fatigue crack and eventually separate from the fan.

The risk

If the fan blade breaks while a person was working in the engine, personal injury could occur.

The remedy

Dealers will replace these fans with fans which are more durable.

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Vehicles in this recall

Freightliner Business Class
1991199219931994199519961997

Notes

Owner notification began august 17, 1998.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.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).