PETERBILT UNSPECIFIED 1978: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER/BRACKET

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 78V058000

Make Model Year
PETERBILT UNSPECIFIED 1978
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1978-04-11 1978-03-21 1979-10-12

Production Dates: 1977-12-01 - 1978-03-01

Manufacturers Involved: PETERBILT MOTOR COMPANY

Component: SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER/BRACKET

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 20

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Summary

THE INVOLVED VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH INCORRECT PINCH CLAMP DRAW BOLT DRILLING IN THE SPRING EYE MOUNTING BRACKETS OF THE SINGLE DRIVE SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY. THE PINCH CLAMP DRAW BOLTS COULD BECOME LOOSE AND THE SPRING EYE MOUNTING PIN COULD BACK OUT OF THE MOUNTING BRACKET.

Remedy

DEALER WILL CORRECT THIS DEFECT BY REPLACING THE MOUNTING BRACKETS AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY TRUCKS.SYSTEM: SUSPENSION; SPRING EYE.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS CONDITION WOULD CAUSE THE REAR SUSPENSION TOSEPARATE FROM THE TRUCK CHASSIS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND AN ACCIDENT COULDRESULT.