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What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.
STEP TREAD WAS DESIGNED WITH AN UPTURNED EDGE. ALSO, INCORRECT BOLTS WERE USED TO ATTACH THE STEPS TO VEHICLE; INCORRECT BOLTS MAY FATIGUE AND BREAK ALLOWING THE STEPS TO SEPARATE FROM CAB.
RiskPERSONS EXITING THE CAB CAN TRIP AND FALL ON UPTURNEDEDGES. ALSO, FATIGUE OR BROKEN BOLTS COULD CAUSE THE STEPS TO BREAK AWAY AT THETIME THAT A PERSON IS ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLES.
FixREPLACE INCORRECTLY DESIGNED STEPS, REPLACE INCORRECT BOLTS.
THESE TRUCKS WERE EQUIPPED WITH DEFECTIVE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SWITCHES IN THE LOAD SPAN TAG SYSTEM. WHEN A MALFUNCTION IN THIS SYSTEM OCCURS, AXLE TO PAVEMENT PRESSURE INCREASES WHEN VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN AN UNLOADED CONDITION.
FixTHE EXISTING CONTROL SWITCH WILL BE REPLACED WITH A THREE-POSITION SWITCH WHICH, BY USE OF A NEUTRAL POSITION, WILL PREVE NT PRESSURE BUILDUP. A NEW OPERATION LABEL WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED.