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Daimler Trucks North America LLC FREIGHTLINER / 2015 WESTERN STAR / 2015 Improperly Seated Brake Chamber Diaphragm

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2015 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, 108SD, 114SD, 122SD, Coronado, Western Star 4700, and Western Star 4900 trucks manufactured October 6, 2014, to February 16, 2015, and equipped with Haldex Life Seal brake chambers. The affected vehicles may experience brake drag due to an […]

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Terex South Dakota, Inc. TEREX / 2014-2015 Turntable Securing Bolts may Fail

Terex South Dakota, Inc. (Terex) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Aerial Devices and General Digger Derricks manufactured March 28, 2014, to March 1, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the fasteners that attach the turntable bearing to the carrier and the aerial or the digger derrick may fail.

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PACCAR Incorporated KENWORTH / 2015-2016 Rear Drive Axles may have Insufficient Lubricant

PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Kenworth T680 and T880 trucks manufactured November 17, 2014, to January 5, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with Meritor MT-40-14X rear drive axles that may circulate an inadequate amount of lubricant to the wheel end hub assembly.

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. MITSUBISHI FUSO / 2012-2015 Lower Timing Chain Bolt may be Loose

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 FEC72 vehicles manufactured November 8, 2013, to January 28, 2014, and 2012-2015 FEC92 vehicles manufactured April 22, 2011, to February 1, 2014. On the affected vehicles, the lower engine timing chain bolt may have been insufficiently tightened during assembly.

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Daimler Trucks North America LLC WESTERN STAR / 2014-2015 Kidde Handheld Fire Extinguisher may not Discharge

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Western Star 4700, 4900, 5700, and 6900 trucks manufactured from July 23, 2013, through December 4, 2014, and equipped with certain Kidde disposable handheld fire extinguishers. These fire extinguishers may not fully discharge as designed when the lever is repeatedly pressed and released.

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Kalmar Solutions, LLC KALMAR / 2014-2015 Wiring for ABS Components is Crossed

Kalmar Solutions, LLC (Kalmar) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal tractors manufactured September 15, 2014, to February 10, 2015. The affected vehicles have the wiring for the rear axle antilock brake system (ABS) components wired incorrectly. Specifically, the left side components are connected to the right side of the ABS control […]

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PACCAR Incorporated KENWORTH / 2015-2016 PETERBILT / 2015-2016 Vehicle Speed may Unexpectedly Increase

PACCAR Incorporated (PACCAR) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Peterbilt 220 and Kenworth K300 trucks manufactured September 1, 2014, to March 30, 2015. Each time the cruise control speed decrease button is pressed, the vehicle speed will actually increase by one mile per hour.

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VEHICLE LOADING AND DAMAGE PREVENTION MANUAL Release 2.1

The following document was put together by members of the Auto Haulers Association of America. Our goal is to have a document that would serve as a foundation for driver training. Thus, we felt it important to keep it as simple, and straightforward as possible. Areas of emphasis include driver safety, and damage prevention. This […]

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Here’s where carrier costs rose and shrunk in 2014 (Hint: driver pay up, fuel down)

Carrier spending on fleet equipment upgrades and increases in driver pay more than offset lower fuel prices in 2014, according to the annual Operational Costs of Trucking report issued Sept. 28 by the American Transportation Research Institute.

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