- The problem
- On certain heavy duty trucks equipped with dana spicer tandem drive axle models ds463, an undersized attachment weld may fracture without warning.
- The risk
- The loss of this attachment to the vehicle chassis can adversely affect vehicle handling or driver control.
- The fix
- The dealers will remove the suspect bracket, inspect the axle housing, and reweld the bracket to the axle housing. Owner notification began april 22, 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 mack at 610-709-3337.
Suspension
2000 Mack RD Suspension problems
Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2000 Mack RD's suspension with NHTSA - 100% of all its complaints, most recently on August 4, 2008. They describe 2 crashes, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Broken springs, struts, control arms, ball joints, noises and alignment that won't hold.
- Complaints
- 2
- Recalls
- 2
- Crashes
- 2
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 1
Suspension recalls for the 2000 Mack RD
- The problem
- Vehicle description: class a heavy duty trucks with 18,000 lb. Front axles may have front springs installed that are rated for the 14,600 lb. Front axle.
- The risk
- Front spring failure could result in loss of vehicle control.
- The fix
- Dealers will replace both springs. Owner notification began december 26, 2001. 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 mack at 1-610-709-3011.
Suspension complaints
A report, "problems involving kentucky coal trucks" was submitted as a petition to the u. S. Department of transportation to the attention of the secretary mary e. Peters. This petition described fatal accident occurrences in kentucky during the time period 2001 through 2005 involving dump trucks, illegally licensed, that were overwidth and did not comply with federal motor carrier safety regulations. As of this date, august 4, 2008, no response has been received from the usdot. The accidents occurred...
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because of insufficient brake capacity on mack rd888sx dump trucks. Tests performed on a new mack rd888sx vehicle loaded to legal kentucky weight limits established it was not possible to stop that truck within federal motor carrier safety requirements. At least 65 deaths occurred during the past five years were estimated to have occurred because of excessively loaded coal dump trucks. The incident data below dated march 7, 2005, relates to one incident in which a minister was killed. Civil action against the coal truck driver and the coal company resulted in a judgment against the defendants. No remedial action has yet been taken by agencies within the department of transportation nor has anyone from the dot responded to my march 7, 2008, letter and dated report of march 3, 2008. *Tr
Loose from the right side of the tandem suspension on a 2000 mack dump truck resulting in the truck turning over while dumping.***No answer required***. *Mr the trunion bracket and cross member assembly broke on three of the fleets other mack trucks (2000 mack rd688s). *Nm
Mack RD suspension complaints by year
RD suspension problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data