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Mack CX

Every Mack CX model year on file, 1998 to 2007. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years101998 to 2007
Recall campaigns25Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins393Summed across model years
By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119981999200020012002200320042005120062007
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Mack CX complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mack CX model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mack CX by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2007Not decoded0NoneNone3054
2006Not decoded0NoneNone2041
2005Heavy truck10.0505041
2004Not decoded0NoneNone5043
2003Not decoded0NoneNone10042
2002Not decoded0NoneNone7040
2001Not decoded0NoneNone5139
2000Not decoded0NoneNone6037
1999Not decoded0NoneNone7130
1998Not decoded0NoneNone2126
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mack CX

  • 08V-688 Dec 23, 2008
    Headlight switch may prematurely fail resulting in inoperative or intermittent headlights
    Lighting · 34k vehicles
  • 07V-401 Sep 5, 2007
    On certain trucks equipped with aset ac model engines, the engine as configured with an external exhaust gas recirculation system makes servicing…
    Fuel system · 36k vehicles
  • 07V-159 Apr 13, 2007
    Certain trucks were recalled for the installation of sleeves on the fuel injection line as required by safety recall sc0317 (nhtsa recall no. 06v392)
    Fuel system · 9,102 vehicles
  • 06V-392 Oct 13, 2006
    On certain trucks, a leak in the aset ac fuel injection line may spray fuel on the exhaust gas recirculation pipes that carry hot exhaust gases
    Fuel system · 40k vehicles
  • 05V-312 Jul 7, 2005
    On certain heavy duty class 8 trucks equipped with holland air suspension systems, a transverse beam casting may fracture under normal loads
    Suspension · 100 vehicles
  • 05V-213 Apr 29, 2005
    On certain heavy duty class 8 trucks, there is a slack on the brake assembly's adjuster and it is interfering with the axle housing
    Brakes · 56 vehicles
  • 05V-015 Jan 14, 2005
    On certain heavy duty class 8 diesel trucks equipped with aset ac engines, the location of the fuel inlet hose may result in overheating or…
    Fuel system · 13k vehicles
  • 04V-456 Sep 20, 2004
    On certain truck chassis, the steering gear mounting bolts were made of inconsistent bolt material, which has led to bolt failures
    Steering · 4,959 vehicles
  • 04V-309 Jun 25, 2004
    On certain truck chassis, the steering gear mounting bolts were over-torqued at installation
    Steering · 219 vehicles
  • 03V-522 Dec 11, 2003
    On certain chassis equipped with dana steering axle assemblies
    Steering · 148 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.