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2005 Mack Cv Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 14, 2006
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
4
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Aug 14, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2005 Mack Cv. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Aug 14, 2006
Crash reportedFire reported1 death reported

COMPLAINT CONCERNING A CV713 MACK CONCRETE MIXER TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHERE THE TRUCK CAME TO REST ON IT'S PASSENGER SIDE. WITHIN MINUTES THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *KB UNFORTUNATELY THE DRIVER WAS PINNED IN THE CAB AND BURNED TO DEATH. *NM

NHTSA ID
10165867
Incident
Sep 1, 2005
EngineFuel system
Filed Aug 14, 2006
Crash reportedFire reported

COMPLAINT REGARDING TWO ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MACK TRUCK CV713 WHERE BOTH FLIPPED ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE AND CAUGHT FIRE. *KB LAWYER WRITING IN ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER. THE LAWYER STATED IT WAS HIS BELIEF THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE TURBO CHARGER ASSEMBLY WHICH ALLOWED OIL TO ESCAPE FROM THE ENGINE AND IGNITE ON A HOT SURFACE OF THE ENGINE, POSSIBLY THE TURBO CHARGER OR MANIFOLD EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE LAWYER ALSO STATED HE WAS CONCERNED WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM WHICH WAS NOT DESIGNED WITH A SAFETY CHECK VALVE TO PREVENT THE FLOW OF DIESEL FUEL FROM THE TANK WHICH POSSIBLY ACCELERATED THE OIL FIRE. *JB

NHTSA ID
10165837
Incident
Aug 11, 2005

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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