American Lafrance: recalls by model and year

Name: American Lafrance recall campaigns
Creator: Recall Register
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NHTSA lists 10 vehicle recall campaigns for American Lafrance. The register has 4 model lines of the make, model years 1997 to 2010. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for these model lines.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Model lines

4 model lines, in the order of the number of complaints.

American Lafrance: recall campaigns and complaints for each model line
Model line	Model years	Campaigns	Complaints	Complaints for each model year	Component with the most mentions
Eagle	9	5	1	0.1	Structure
Fire Truck	3	2	1	0.3	Service Brakes, Air
Condor	9	3	0	0.0
Metropolitan	6	3	0	0.0

This table compares the model lines of American Lafrance only. The NHTSA files have no sales figures. A model line with more vehicles on the road gets more complaints. This site does not compare one make with a different make.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Newest recall campaigns

The newest 5 of 10.

11V515000Received 13 Oct 2011. 17 units.
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
Defect, in the NHTSA record
American lafrance (alf) is recalling certain model year 2010 and 2011 eagle fire trucks manufactured from october 21, 2010, through august 25, 2011, equipped with a meritor wabco electronic stability control (ESC) system, manufactured from april 2009 through october 2011. The ESC module may cause the ESC system to activate unnecessarily when the vehicle is driven in a particular manner on certain unique road conditions and may adversely affect the slip angle calculation by the ESC module.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This might cause the ESC to perceive an over steering situation and therefore apply the front axle outer wheel service brake until the vehicle is perceived to be stable by the ESC. If the driver is slow to react during this ESC intervention, the vehicle may deviate from the intended line of travel, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Alf will notify owners and replace the control module free of charge. All the affected vehicle have been repaired. Owners may contact alf at 1-843-486-7703.
Report filed by AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC. Manufacturer campaign number ALF-0111. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 24 Oct 2011. The campaign has 1 make, model and year entry.
10V227000Received 27 May 2010. 18 units.
Engine and Engine Cooling
Defect, in the NHTSA record
American lafrance is recalling certain model year 2010 heavy-duty class 8 eagle emergency vehicles manufactured from february 3, 2009 through march 16, 2010, and equipped with detroit diesel series 60 engines. The software on these engines may cause the engine to shut down unexpectedly when a diesel particulate filter over-temperature condition is detected.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Unexpected emergency vehicle engine shutdown could hamper rescue operations and put first responders and or the public at risk.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
American lafrance will notify owners and detroit diesel will repair the vehicles free of charge by reprogramming the engine motor control module. Please see daimler trucks/detroit diesel's defect report 10e-005. The safety recall is expected to begin during june 2010. Owners may contact detroit diesel at 1-800-547-0712 or on line http://www.detroitdiesel.com/supportnetwork.
Report filed by AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC. Manufacturer campaign number ALF-0110. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 1 Jun 2010. The campaign has 1 make, model and year entry.
09V128000Received 17 Apr 2009. 2,811 units.
Structure / Body
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Daimler trucks is recalling 2,811 my 2001-2007 condor trucks built by american lafrance, freightliner and sterling. The cab mounted bracket attached to the hydraulic cylinder used to raise and lower the cab for maintenance may wear leading to inadequate restraint, allowing the cab to fall forward onto the ground.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A cab falling forward to the ground unexpectedly may result in personal injury.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Daimler trucks will notify owners and the vehicles will be repaired free of charge. The recall began on september 18, 2009. Owners may contact daimler trucks at 1-800-547-0712.
Report filed by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA. Manufacturer campaign number FL-547. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 19 Sep 2009. The campaign has 21 make, model and year entries.
08V609000Received 24 Nov 2008. 1,251 units.
Structure
Defect, in the NHTSA record
American lafrance is recalling 1,251 my 2000-2007 condor trucks. The bracket that attaches the hydraulic cylinder to the cab used to raise and lower the vehicle cab for maintenance activities can fail.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the bracket fails due to the forces encountered when the cab passes the break over point and reaches the end of the cylinder travel, the cab will continue its forward movement until it reaches the ground. If the bracket fails during the lifting segment of raising the cab, the cab could fall unrestrained back down onto the chassis, increasing the risk of injury.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
American lafrance will repair these vehicles free of charge. The safety recall began on may 13, 2010. Owners may contact american lafrance at 1-888-253-8725.
Report filed by AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC. Manufacturer campaign number ALF-0308. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 15 Feb 2009. The campaign has 8 make, model and year entries.
08V472000Received 15 Sep 2008. 1 unit.
Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine / Diesel
Defect, in the NHTSA record
American lafrance is recalling one (1) low cab forward (lcf) condor truck equipped with a caterpillar c13 diesel engine. The extension pipes attached to the aftertreatment regeneration device (ard) may develop a hole, and heat and flame may escape during a regeneration of the diesel particulate filter.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This may result in a fire hazard.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
American lafrance is working with caterpillar to repair this vehicle (please see 08e054). Owners may contact aterpillar at 1-800-447-4986 or american lafrance at 1-843-486-7400.
Report filed by AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 7 Jan 2009. The campaign has 1 make, model and year entry.

The list shows the newest 5 of 10 campaigns.

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Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name American Lafrance vehicles, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2008, with 2 campaigns.

Complaints about American Lafrance vehicles, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2008, with 1 complaint.

Components in the complaints

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

American Lafrance: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Structure	333.3	2
Latches/Locks/Linkages	166.7	1
Steering	166.7	1
Unknown or Other	166.7	1
Service Brakes, Air	166.7	1

Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
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Cite this page

Recall Register. American Lafrance: recalls by model and year. https://recallregister.com/make/american-lafrance/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 29 Mar 2018
Investigations that name the make: 0
Units in the campaigns: 10,828

Manufacturers in the recall file: AMERICAN LAFRANCE LLC; FREIGHTLINER LLC.

The make name is the name in the NHTSA files. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which American Lafrance model line has the most recall campaigns?: The Eagle: 5 campaigns for 9 model years. A line with more model years has more campaigns.
Which American Lafrance model line has the most complaints?: The Eagle: 1 complaint for 9 model years. A line with more vehicles on the road gets more complaints.
Which components do the complaints about American Lafrance vehicles name?: Structure: 2 component mentions. Latches/Locks/Linkages: 1 component mention. Steering: 1 component mention.
How many units are in the recall campaigns for American Lafrance?: 10,828 units in 10 campaigns. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make.