SCC0445 – Improperly Tightened Windshield Wiper Arms – 2023-2024 Mack LR Garbage Trucks

July 3, 2023 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 23V465000

Improperly Tightened Windshield Wiper Arms

Inoperative windshield wipers can reduce visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V465

Manufacturer Mack TruckseBay logo, Inc.

Components VISIBILITY

Potential Number of Units Affected 204

 

Summary

Mack TruckseBay logo, Inc. (MackeBay logo) is recalling certain 2023-2024 LR garbage trucks. The wiper arm retention nuts may be loose, stripping, and causing the windshield wipers to fail.

 

Remedy

Dealers will inspect, tighten the retention nuts, and replace the windshield wiper arms as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 25, 2023. Owners may contact MackeBay logo customer service at 1-800-866-1177. MackeBay logo’s number for this recall is SCC0445.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 


Description

Insufficient torque between the splines on the wiper output shafts to the wiper arms. The wiper arms could strip out resulting in loss of wiper functionality. Inoperative wipers increases the risk of a crash.

There have been no warranty claims, field reports or service reports associated with this issue.

The windshield wiper arms will be inspected for damage and the arm retention nut will be torqued to the correct specification.

 

Model and Model Years Affected

  • Certain 2023 and 2024 MackeBay logo LR model vehicles manufactured September 9, 2022 through June 12, 2023.

 

Vehicle Quantities

  • 209 vehicles (204 US, 5 Canada)

 

Dealer Responsibilities

  • The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act and Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Act require dealers to ensure that all new and used vehicles are free of safety defects and comply with all relevant safety standards at the time of delivery to the consumer.
  • Dealers should make their personnel aware of the safety recall. In the event that a dealer has a vehicle included in the safety recall in their inventory to be sold, the condition must be corrected before releasing it to a customer.

 

Notification Release Schedule

  • Vehicle list will be posted on the Trucks Dealer Portal July 7, 2023.
  • Owner notification letters will be released on or before August 25, 2023.
  • Repair Instruction will be released once they are available.

 


Chronology :

June 19, 2023, MackeBay logo Manufacturing reports failures in the factory of the wiper arm to motor shaft connection to the Product Safety Working Group.

June 19, 2023, Product Safety Working Group opens an investigation and after review recommends that this be brought to Product Safety Committee as a potential safety defect.

June 27, 2023, Product Safety Committee meets and decides that a product safety defect exists.

July 3 , 2023 573 Report filed with NHTSA.

There have been no warranty claims, field reports or service reports associated with this issue.

 


2 Affected Products

Vehicle

MAKEMODELYEAR
MACKeBay logoLR2023-2024

 


7 Associated Documents

Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-23V465-6105.pdf 695.475KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 07/05/2023

RCLRPT-23V465-3159.PDF 215.259KB

 


Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-23V465-4062.PDF 215.258KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 07/05/2023

RCLRPT-23V465-7852.PDF 215.261KB

 


Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc) – Date: July 6, 2023 RECALL ALERT

RCMN-23V465-6017.pdf 102.313KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 07/13/2023

RCLRPT-23V465-9505.PDF 215.258KB

 


Recall 573 Report – 07/18/2023

RCLRPT-23V465-5724.PDF 215.267KB

 


Latest Recalls Documents

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=23V465&docType=RCL

 


 

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