Recall Register

1997 Mack CH: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1997 Mack CH. The newest campaign is 04V159000. NHTSA received the report on 7 Apr 2004. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly / Pressure Relief Devices. NHTSA has 1 complaint 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, 04V159000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will retrofit the lng tanks with a new primary relief valve pipe away tube and a new ventilated shroud. The recall began april 6, 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact mack at 1-610-709-3337.
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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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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 10,755 units in total.

  1. 04V159000Received . 317 units.

    Fuel System, Other / Storage / Tank Assembly / Pressure Relief Devices

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain chassis built with lng engines, the nexgen lng tank's primary and secondary relief valves could fail to open and relieve tank pressure.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could cause ice buildup on the discharge side of the primary and secondary pressure system allowing the relief system to freeze and become blocked resulting in over pressurization of the lng tanks creating the risk of catastrophic tank rupture which could cause serious injury or death.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will retrofit the lng tanks with a new primary relief valve pipe away tube and a new ventilated shroud. The recall began april 6, 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact mack at 1-610-709-3337.

    Report filed by MACK TRUCKS, INC. Manufacturer campaign number SC0287.

  2. 97V191000Received . 10,438 units.

    Steering / Linkages / Drag / Link / Connection

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: class 8 heavy duty trucks. During assembly, insufficient torque occurred of the drag link to the axle steering arm connection. If the drag link to axle sttering arm connection is not torqued and the cotter pin is not installed, the nut could back off during vehicle operation.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the nut backs off, there could be a loss of driver control.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will retorque the drag link to the axle steering arm connection.

    Report filed by MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED. 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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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 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.

1997 Mack CH: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling1
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
2 Sep 1997

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.

Complaints about the 1997 Mack CH, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 1 complaint.

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.

  1. 19871
  2. 19886
  3. 19897
  4. 19905
  5. 19915
  6. 19925
  7. 19934
  8. 19940
  9. 19951
  10. 19963
  11. 19972
  12. 19983
  13. 19997
  14. 20007
  15. 20015
  16. 20026
  17. 20037
  18. 20045
  19. 20053
  20. 20062
  21. 20073

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1997 Mack CH: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mack/ch/1997/. 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
MACK TRUCKS, INC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1997 Mack CH?
10,755 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mack CH have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 34 recall campaigns for the Mack CH, model years 1987 to 2007. 2 of them name the 1997 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1997 Mack CH name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1997 Mack CH open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.