Steering: steering wheel/handle bar (Freightliner)
Vehicle recall 91V-084. NHTSA received FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION’s report on Jun 3, 1991.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION’s report on Jun 3, 1991. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 26, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
FRACTURED UPPER HUB CASTING COULD RESULT IN LOSS OFSTEERING CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING AND AN ACCIDENT.
MALFORMED STEERING WHEEL CENTER SECTION COULD RESULT IN A FRACTURE OF THE UPPER HUB CASTING.
THIS MAY LEAD TO SEPARATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THE STEERING COLUMN MOUNTING HUB.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: steering wheel/handle bar.
What should you do?
REMOVE AND REPLACE THE UPPER HUB CASTING AND INSTALL A HUB PLATE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: STEERING WHEELS.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH OPTIONAL LEATHER COVERED STEERING WHEEL.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 2,976 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Freightliner FLAand 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991, before the model years listed here
- Freightliner FLDand 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 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 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 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 26, 2026.