Structure (Mack)
Vehicle recall 86V-008. NHTSA received MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED’s report on Jan 17, 1986.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED’s report on Jan 17, 1986. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 25, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
LEFT OR RIGHT CAB STEP MAY CRACK IN ITS WELDED AREA DUE TO FLEXING OF THE STEP DURING ENTERING AND EXITING.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: AS THE CRACKS EXTEND, THE TUBULAR STEP COULD PARTIALLY COLLAPSE AND BREAK WITHOUT WARNING TO THE USER, AND COULD RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURIES.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Structure.
What should you do?
INSTALL A REINFORCEMENT BRACE IF NO CRACKS ARE FOUND. IN ADDITION, REPLACE STEP IF CRACKS ARE PRESENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: CAB STEP. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS WITH SLEEPER CAB.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 7,000 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- Mack MHand 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 25, 2026.