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2000 Mack Rd 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.
2
Latest Aug 4, 2008
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.
2
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 Apr 13, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2000 Mack Rd. 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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Body & structureBrakesSuspension
Filed Aug 4, 2008
Crash reported1 death reported

A REPORT, "PROBLEMS INVOLVING KENTUCKY COAL TRUCKS" WAS SUBMITTED AS A PETITION TO THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SECRETARY MARY E. PETERS. THIS PETITION DESCRIBED FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRENCES IN KENTUCKY DURING THE TIME PERIOD 2001 THROUGH 2005 INVOLVING DUMP TRUCKS, ILLEGALLY LICENSED, THAT WERE OVERWIDTH AND DID NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS. AS OF THIS DATE, AUGUST 4, 2008, NO RESPONSE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE USDOT. THE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT BRAKE CAPACITY ON MACK RD888SX DUMP TRUCKS. TESTS PERFORMED ON A NEW MACK RD888SX VEHICLE LOADED TO LEGAL KENTUCKY WEIGHT LIMITS ESTABLISHED IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO STOP THAT TRUCK WITHIN FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. AT LEAST 65 DEATHS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVELY LOADED COAL DUMP TRUCKS. THE INCIDENT DATA BELOW DATED MARCH 7, 2005, RELATES TO ONE INCIDENT IN WHICH A MINISTER WAS KILLED. CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE COAL TRUCK DRIVER AND THE COAL COMPANY RESULTED IN A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS. NO REMEDIAL ACTION HAS YET BEEN TAKEN BY AGENCIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOR HAS ANYONE FROM THE DOT RESPONDED TO MY MARCH 7, 2008, LETTER AND DATED REPORT OF MARCH 3, 2008. *TR

NHTSA ID
10236871
Incident
Mar 7, 2005
Suspension
Filed Apr 13, 2005
Crash reported

LOOSE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TANDEM SUSPENSION ON A 2000 MACK DUMP TRUCK RESULTING IN THE TRUCK TURNING OVER WHILE DUMPING.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE TRUNION BRACKET AND CROSS MEMBER ASSEMBLY BROKE ON THREE OF THE FLEETS OTHER MACK TRUCKS (2000 MACK RD688S). *NM

NHTSA ID
10119010
Incident
Jan 1, 1901

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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