2004 Freightliner XC Motorhome Chassis: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2004 Freightliner XC Motorhome Chassis. The newest campaign is 05V408000. NHTSA received the report on 13 Sep 2005. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Linkages. NHTSA has 4 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 05V408000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect and attach a tension collar to the steering shaft to secure the connection to the yoke. The recall began on november 16, 2005. Owners may contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712.
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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Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 39,029 units in total.
05V408000Received . 37,029 units.
Steering / Linkages
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain truck and motor home chassis equipped with i-shafts supplied by zf heavy duty steering, there is a potential for a failure of the fork/shaft connection.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If this occurs, the vehicle could suffer a loss of steering ability, which could result in a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect and attach a tension collar to the steering shaft to secure the connection to the yoke. The recall began on november 16, 2005. Owners may contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712.
Report filed by FREIGHTLINER LLC. Manufacturer campaign number FL-452. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
04V283000Received . 2,000 units.
Service Brakes, Air / Supply / Low Pressure Warning / Switch
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain motor home chassis fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, 'air brake systems.' in a situation in which multiple alarms are active, a check engine, stop engine, or similar warning indicator is given priority over the low air alarm by the instrument system controller software. If the operator does not acknowledge these higher priority alarms, a low air alarm may not be displayed.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This means that a vehicle could be driven with the air pressure below 60 PSI without the low air warning sounding, which could result in a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will re-program the multi-module data controller software. The recall began on july 6, 2004. Owners should contact freightliner at 1-800-547-0712.
Report filed by FREIGHTLINER LLC. Manufacturer campaign number FL-425. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Complaints by component
4 complaints, 5 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Steering | 2 |
| Suspension | 1 |
| Equipment | 1 |
| Structure | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 12 Dec 2008
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 20032
- 20042
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2004 Freightliner XC Motorhome ChassisThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2004 Freightliner XC Motorhome Chassis: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/freightliner/xc-motorhome-chassis/2004/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FREIGHTLINER LLC
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2004 Freightliner XC Motorhome Chassis?
- 39,029 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Freightliner XC Motorhome Chassis have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Freightliner XC Motorhome Chassis, model years 2003 to 2004. 2 of them name the 2004 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2004 Freightliner XC Motorhome Chassis name most often?
- Steering: 2 of 5 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2004 Freightliner XC Motorhome Chassis open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.