{"vehicle":{"id":"1985_freightliner_c-o-e","year":1985,"make":"Freightliner","model":"C.O.E."},"may_apply":true,"as_of":{"us":"2026-10-19","ca":"2026-10-19"},"recalls":[{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"89V124000","date":"1989-07-24","manufacturer":"FREIGHTLINER CORP.","component":"STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)","summary":"THE STEERING GEAR MOUNTING BRACKET WELDS MAY CRACK UNDER CERTAIN STEERING LOAD CONDITIONS.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":241,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["COE"],"built_from":"1978-12-01","built_to":"1989-07-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/89V124000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"89V090000","date":"1989-06-05","manufacturer":"FREIGHTLINER CORP.","component":"STRUCTURE:BODY","summary":"CORROSION OF THE GRABHANDLE AT ITS MOUNTING SURFACE MAY LEAD TO CRACKING OR LOSS OF STRENGTH.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":3219,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["COE"],"built_from":"1979-05-01","built_to":"1987-07-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/89V090000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"88V160000","date":"1988-10-11","manufacturer":"FREIGHTLINER CORP.","component":"STEERING:LINKAGES","summary":"STEERING ARM MAY FAIL IF USED ON EATON EFA12F4 FROM AXLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ROSS HFB70 POWER STEERING GEAR.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":92,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["COE"],"built_from":"1984-02-01","built_to":"1988-09-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/88V160000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1987089","date":"1987-08-18","manufacturer":null,"component":"Structure","summary":"IMPROPER USE OF THE CAB TILT SYSTEM MAY RESULT IN BUCKLING OF THE TILT CYLINDERS. THIS CAN OCCUR IF THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE CAB BY CONTINUED PUMPING DOWN OF THE SYSTEM WITHOUT RELEASING THE SAFETY LATCH OR AFTER A TILT CYLINDER VELOCITY FUSE HAS LOCKED-UP. IF BUCKLING OCCURS, THE CAB MAY DROP TO ITS LOWERED POSITION.\nCORRECTION: 1 1/2\" DIAMETER TILT CYLINDERS WILL BE REPLACED WITH 2\" DIAMETER CYLINDERS.","mfr_campaign":"FC-0029","units":110,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","match":"exact","models":["C.O.E."],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1987089"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1986113","date":"1986-10-08","manufacturer":null,"component":"Structure","summary":"THE HANDHOLD MOUNTING SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A TUBULAR HANDLE HELD IN THREE PLACES BY CAST ALUMINUM BRACKETS WHICH ARE, IN TURN, ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE EXHAUST MUFFLER HEAT SHIELD. VIBRATION FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CAUSES THE HANDHOLD PARTS TO WEAR THIN AND COULD CAUSE THE HANDHOLD TO GIVE WAY UNDER THE WEIGHT OF A DRIVER. THIS COULD RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY. CORRECTION: REPLACE THE HANDHOLD WITH A MODIFIED DESIGN WHICH UTILIZES A RUBBER ISOLATOR. ADD A PLASTIC SLEEVE TO THE CENTER BRACKET FOR ISOLATION.","mfr_campaign":"FC-0026","units":471,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","match":"exact","models":["C.O.E."],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1986113"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"86V118000","date":"1986-08-26","manufacturer":"FREIGHTLINER CORP.","component":"STRUCTURE:BODY","summary":"THE HANDHOLD MOUNTING SYSTEM, WHICH CONSISTS OF A         TUBULAR HANDLE HELD IN THREE PLACES BY CAST ALUMINUM BRACKETS AND ATTACHED TO    THE ENGINE EXHAUST MUFFLER HEAT SHIELD.  VIBRATION FROM THIS SYSTEM CAUSES THE   HANDHOLD PARTS TO WEAR.                                                                                                                                           CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THE PARTS WEAR THIN THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THE    HANDHOLD MIGHT GIVE WAY UNDER THE WEIGHT OF A DRIVER.  THIS COULD RESULT IN      PERSONAL INJURY.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":6800,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["COE"],"built_from":"1983-09-01","built_to":"1986-07-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/86V118000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1986021","date":"1986-02-12","manufacturer":null,"component":"Structure","summary":"THE TUBULAR GRABHANDLE FOR CAB INGRESS/EGRESS IS HELD IN PLACE BY THREE BRACKETS AT TOP, MIDDLE AND BOTTOM OF THE TUBE. THE CENTRE BRACKET CONTAINS A RIVET WHICH SECURES THE TUBE IN THE BRACKET. THE DEFECT OCCURS IF THE RIVET IS NOT IN THE PROPER ALIGNMENT, WHICH RESULTS IN SMALL GAP BETWEEN THE RIVET HEAD AND THE BRACKET. THIS COULD ALLOW A RING FINGER TO BE CAUGHT IN THE GAP AND RESULT IN INJURY TO A PERSON GETTING OUT OF THE CAB.","mfr_campaign":"FC-0024","units":2814,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","match":"exact","models":["C.O.E."],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1986021"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"85V081000","date":"1985-06-21","manufacturer":"FREIGHTLINER CORP.","component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY","summary":"CHANGE IN VENDOR'S PRODUCTION TOOLING RESULTED IN A FIT   BETWEEN THE RADIATOR CAP AND FILLER NECK WHICH MAY BE TOO LOOSE.                                                                                                  CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE LOOSE FIT COULD ALLOW THE CAP TO BE REMOVED BEFORE    INTERNAL PRESSURE IS COMPLETELY RELEASED. HOT RADIATOR COOLANT MIGHT THEN BE     SPRAYED ON THE PERSON OPENING THE CAP OR OTHERS IN THE VICINITY.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":3000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["COE"],"built_from":"1985-05-01","built_to":"1985-06-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/85V081000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"85V076000","date":"1985-06-11","manufacturer":"FREIGHTLINER CORP.","component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","summary":"CRACKS CAN DEVELOP IN THE OIL FILTER MOUNTING BRACKETS    NEAR THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE BRACKETS TO THE FRAME SIDE MEMBER.                                                                                                 CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF CRACKS PROGRESS TO THE POINT OF FAILURE, THE FILTER    ASSEMBLY COULD FALL OUT AND POSSIBLY BE STRUCK BY OTHER VEHICLES CREATING A      POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":354,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["COE"],"built_from":"1981-09-01","built_to":"1985-05-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/85V076000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1985048","date":"1985-04-29","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"THE HOLE IN THE THROTTLE LEVER AND THE STOP PIN MAY BE MISMATCHED WHICH COULD ALLOW THE PIN TO LOOSEN AND FALL OUT.  SHOULD THIS HAPPEN, THE TENSION SPRING ATTACHED TO THE THROTTLE LEVER ASSEMBLY WOULD SEPARATE FROM THE LEVER CAUSING THE LEVER TO MOVE TO FULL THROTTLE POSITION, IDLE POSITION OR REMAIN IN THE POSITION THE LEVER WAS IN AT THE MOMENT OF FAILURE.  THIS COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.","mfr_campaign":"FC0022","units":1716,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","match":"exact","models":["C.O.E."],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1985048"}],"lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":["Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."]}