Recall Register

1987 Mack Mack: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1987 Mack Mack. The newest campaign is 90V010000. NHTSA received the report on 23 Jan 1990. The NHTSA record gives the component Suspension / Rear / Springs / Leaf Spring Assembly. 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, 90V010000, in the NHTSA record

Replace all 7/8 inch diameter spring eye bolts with 1 inch diameter bolts.
NHTSA VIN lookup

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

3 campaigns, newest first. 20,053 units in total.

  1. 90V010000Received . 14,800 units.

    Suspension / Rear / Springs / Leaf Spring Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The 7/8 inch spring eye bolts within the spring eye bushing hanger bracket of the rear suspension may fail.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The spring could fall onto the road surface, without warning to the driver, and a vehicle crash could occur due to the sudden drag of the spring.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace all 7/8 inch diameter spring eye bolts with 1 inch diameter bolts.

    Report filed by MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 89V022000Received . 18 units.

    Suspension / Rear / Springs / Leaf Spring Assembly / U-Bolt, Leaf Spring to Axle

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    An incorrect 3/4 inch bolt was installed on rt/rs 450 suspension.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This bolt may break, causing disengagement of the beam connection of rear suspension, resulting in loss of control, which could result in an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Retrofit chassis with 1 inch bolts.

    Report filed by MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 87V010000Received . 5,235 units.

    Suspension / Rear / Springs / Air Suspension System

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Crossmember can be overstressed and can fail, allowing the broken crossmember to protude above the top of the frame and interfere with chassis components.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Trailer handling could be affected during turningmaneuvers which could result in loss of truck control and a crash. Also, acompletely separated crossmember could affect height of suspension air springsand the resulting lean could result in loss of control.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Installation of a bolted double plate type crossmember to replace the standard channel type crossmember.

    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.

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

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.

1987 Mack Mack: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Wheels1
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
13 Jan 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 1987 Mack Mack, 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. 19601
  2. 19611
  3. 19621
  4. 19631
  5. 19641
  6. 19651
  7. 19662
  8. 19672
  9. 19683
  10. 19693
  11. 19701
  12. 19711
  13. 19721
  14. 19732
  15. 19743
  16. 19751
  17. 19761
  18. 19771
  19. 19783
  20. 19793
  21. 19803
  22. 19813
  23. 19824
  24. 19834
  25. 19845
  26. 19857
  27. 19865
  28. 19873
  29. 19881
  30. 19891
  31. 19900
  32. 19910
  33. 19930
  34. 19940
  35. 19950
  36. 19960
  37. 19970
  38. 19980
  39. 19990
  40. 20011

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. 1987 Mack Mack: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mack/mack/1987/. 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
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1987 Mack Mack?
20,053 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mack Mack have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Mack Mack, model years 1960 to 2001. 3 of them name the 1987 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1987 Mack Mack name most often?
Wheels: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1987 Mack Mack open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.