Recall Register

1973 Mack RD: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1973 Mack RD. The newest campaign is 77V173000. NHTSA received the report on 12 Oct 1977. The NHTSA record gives the component Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan. NHTSA has no 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, 77V173000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will replace the original fan with a steel fixed blade fan, free of charge.
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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

4 campaigns, newest first. 52,789 units in total.

  • 77V173000Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan
  • 74V227000Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch
  • 73V153000Electrical System / Horn
  • 73V102000Service Brakes, Air

  1. 77V173000Received . 48,000 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The flex blade fans on the involved vehicles may develop cracks in the laminated stiffener as a result of fatigue during operation. If such a condition exists and the cracks go undetected, continued operation could cause pieces of the stiffener to break off.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the original fan with a steel fixed blade fan, free of charge.

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

  2. 74V227000Received . 1,023 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch

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

  3. 73V153000Received . 1,285 units.

    Electrical System / Horn

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

  4. 73V102000Received . 2,481 units.

    Service Brakes, Air

    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

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

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. 19681
  2. 19691
  3. 19703
  4. 19715
  5. 19723
  6. 19734
  7. 19747
  8. 19756
  9. 19765
  10. 197711
  11. 19787
  12. 19791
  13. 19801
  14. 19811
  15. 19821
  16. 19831
  17. 19841
  18. 19851
  19. 19861
  20. 19872
  21. 19882
  22. 19893
  23. 19902
  24. 19911
  25. 19922
  26. 19931
  27. 19941
  28. 19960
  29. 19982
  30. 19994
  31. 20005
  32. 20015
  33. 20023
  34. 20031
  35. 20043

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

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1973 Mack RD: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mack/rd/1973/. 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 1973 Mack RD?
52,789 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mack RD have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Mack RD, model years 1968 to 2004. 4 of them name the 1973 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1973 Mack RD open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.