Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump (Mercedes Benz)
Vehicle recall 86V-105. NHTSA received FREIGHTLINER CORP.’s report on Aug 5, 1986.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FREIGHTLINER CORP.’s report on Aug 5, 1986. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 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.
THE SEALANT USED ON ROUGH ALUMINUM GOVERNOR HOUSING OF CERTAIN FUEL INJECTION PUMPS COULD PENETRATE THROUGH THE BUSHING WHEN THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GETS UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND GETS BETWEEN THE THROTTLE SHAFT AND BUSHINGS CAUSE THE SHAFT TO BIND.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THE SHAFT BINDS IN THE BUSHING AND PREVENT THE THROTTLE SHAFT FROM RETURNING TO LOW IDLE POSITION WHEN ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED, IT MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump.
What should you do?
REPLACE THROTTLE SHAFT BUSHINGS IN THE GOVERNOR HOUSING.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: ENGINE GOVERNOR.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH OM 366 LA ENGINES.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 850 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Mercedes Benz L1319and 1986, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FREIGHTLINER CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026.