Toyota is recalling 157,199 MY 2003-2005 Tundra pickup trucks for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 225, ‘Child Restraint Anchorage Systems.’ These vehicles have a manual air bag on-off switch to disable the front passenger air bag and do not have a child restraint lower anchorage system in the front passenger seat…

Freightliner is recalling 64 MY 2003-2005 Unimog U500 trucks equipped with automatic shift. Air may leak into the clutch hydraulic system at the central release bearing seal preventing the clutch from opening completely and potentially preventing the transmission from shifting into neutral…

DaimlerChrysler Manufacturing International is recalling 235 MY 2006 2500 and 3500 trucks built on Dodge and Freightliner chassis. The brake fluid used was contaminated with coolant. Due to the high water content the boiling point of the subject brake fluid is reduced. This may affect the proper function of the brake system during hard braking situations and may lead to an increasing brake distance which could result in a crash…

Truck Equipment Service is recalling 5 MY 2006 Cornhusker 800 trailers equipped with Holland suspensions. The suspension beam casting may have a crack at the inboard, upper flange near the shock mount. As the beam crack grows, the suspension may lose alignment. The driver will experience difficulties in driving increasing the risk of a crash…

DaimlerChrysler is recalling 230 MY 2006 Dodge Durango sport utility vehicles. The left rear suspension watts link may have been damaged during vehicle assembly and could fail. A failed watts link could adversely affect vehicle handling and cause a crash
without warning…

MCI is recalling 1,768 MY 2003-2006 D, DLE3, D4000, D4500, MY 2001-2005 102EL3, E4500 and MY 2001-2005 J4500 motor coaches equipped with a slide switch to control the defroster blower speed. There is a speed controller for each of the two defroster fan motors. The speed controller may fail causing the fan motor to operate continuously in the “high” speed mode, and the carrier slide switch may fail to reduce or otherwise control the fan motor speed. As a result, the speed controller may overheat and result in a thermal event, such as smoking or possible fire…

Nissan is recalling 200,866 MY 2003 Altima and Sentra passenger vehicles equipped with a 2.5L engine. A variation in temperature occurs due to the unique location of the sensor in the engine. Under certain driving conditions, these variations in temperature can be large enough to cause a brief interruption in the signal output from the sensor. If the interruption in the signal from the sensor is so brief that the electronic control module (ECM) logic does not have time to diagnose the condition, the engine may stop running without warning increasing the risk of a crash…

Prevost is recalling 9 MY 2006 H45 and X3 motor coaches equipped with Bendix SR-7 brake valves. The check valve inside the valve cavity may not properly set, causing internal air leakage. If the check valve does not properly seat, the resulting leakage can cause a delay in the application of the spring brakes to park the vehicle after the operator pulls the dash valve button. The delayed parking brake application can occur without warning, leading to unintended vehicle rollaway increasing the risk of a crash…

Buell is recalling 1,021 MY 2006 XB12X Ulysses motorcycles. These motorcycles may have been built with two issues that could compromise the sidestand’s performance. Either the pivot bolt for the sidestand leg or the mounting bracket bolts could break, possibly without notice. If either of these failures occurs, the motorcycle could fall, possibly causing death or injury…

Wilson is recalling 54 MY 2007 Grain trailers equipped with Holland suspensions. The suspension beam casting may have a crack at the inboard upper flange near the shock mount. As the beam crack grows, the suspension may lose alignment. The driver will experience difficulties in driving increasing the risk of a crash…

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