2015 Mack Australia truck range recalled

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Owner/Driver  /  August 18, 2016

Trailer warning issues force VGA to recall most models sold in 2015

Volvo Group Australia (VGA) has recalled 699 Mack Titan, Granite, Super-Liner, Metro-Liner, and Trident models over trailer ABS alert issues.

According to an Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) notice, the affected trucks, which were manufactured between February 9, 2015 and December 17, 2015, are equipped with trailer ABS malfunction lights that do not illuminate.

"If a malfunction were to occur with the trailer ABS the driver would not be alerted to the issue," the ACCC notice says, "posing a potential accident hazard."

Sold nationally by VGA through authorised dealerships, the affected Mack trucks require an update to their instrument cluster software.

VGA says consumers should contact an authorised repairing dealer.

The recall marks the second in two months from Mack, the first affected Granite and Trident models made between 2011 and 2014.

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Big Rigs  /  August 25, 2016

In this latest recall Mack is calling back some 699 trucks made in 2015.

Mack Titan, Granite, Super-Liner, Metro-Liner and Trident Trucks manufactured between February 9 last year and December 17 are being called back because of trailer issues.

On the government's product safety website, where you can find a full list of Vin numbers, it says the defect is the trailer ABS malfunction light does not illuminate.

"If a malfunction were to occur with the trailer ABS, the driver would not be alerted to the issue, posing a potential accident hazard.”

Consumers are asked to contact Volvo Group Australia authorised repairing dealer to have instrument cluster software updated.

Back in June, Mack Granite and Trident Trucks manufactured between September 1, 2011 through to April 30, 2014 equipped with Mack proprietary axle were recalled.

That recall was instigated because the cap nut that retains the inter-axle driveshaft yoke to the rear axle input shaft may be subject to premature loosening.

The potential risk if the nut comes off, is the yoke can separate from the axle input shaft and cause the driveshaft to disconnect, posing an accident hazard to the driver and other road users.

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