STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
The sudden loss of power steering assist and hydraulic steering fluid leaking onto the roadway may increase the risk of a crash.
9 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 3 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
The sudden loss of power steering assist and hydraulic steering fluid leaking onto the roadway may increase the risk of a crash.
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
If the event of a crash, the bracket may detach and the drive shaft may damage the fuel system, increasing the risk of a fire.
If additional air bags do not deploy as intended, the occupants are at an increased risk of injury.
If the bolts were not properly tightened, the seat belt may fail to secure the seat occupant in the event of a crash.
Two 2016 FREIGHTLINER SPRINTER 2500s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.