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Mack DM

Every Mack DM model year on file, 1965 to 2006. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years331965 to 2006
Recall campaigns15Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins797Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751196519681971197419771987199019931998200120061
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Complaints by component

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mack DM 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 DM by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2006Not decoded1100.01001034
2005Not decoded0NoneNone1031
2004Not decoded0NoneNone4032
2003Not decoded0NoneNone2031
2002Not decoded0NoneNone1031
2001Not decoded0NoneNone2031
2000Not decoded0NoneNone3031
1999Not decoded0NoneNone2026
1998Not decoded0NoneNone2022
1995Not decoded0NoneNone1022
1994Not decoded0NoneNone1022
1993Not decoded0NoneNone3022
1992Not decoded0NoneNone3022
1991Not decoded0NoneNone1022
1990Not decoded0NoneNone1022
1989Not decoded0NoneNone2022
1988Not decoded0NoneNone1022
1987Not decoded0NoneNone1022
1979Not decoded0NoneNone1022
1978Not decoded0NoneNone6022
1977Not decoded0NoneNone11022
1976Not decoded0NoneNone5022
1975Not decoded0NoneNone6022
1974Not decoded0NoneNone7022
1973Not decoded0NoneNone4022
1972Not decoded0NoneNone4022
1971Not decoded0NoneNone6022
1970Not decoded0NoneNone4022
1969Not decoded0NoneNone3022
1968Not decoded0NoneNone2022
1967Not decoded0NoneNone2022
1966Not decoded0NoneNone1022
1965Not decoded0NoneNone1022
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mack DM

  • 10V-069 Mar 3, 2010
    Axle beam may have transverse shear lines on the bottom of the axle from the trimming process
    Powertrain · 15k vehicles
  • 09V-240 Jun 30, 2009
    Axle beam may have transverse shear lines on the bottom of the axle from the trimming process
    Powertrain · 10k vehicles
  • 05V-349 Jul 28, 2005
    On certain trucks, the bolt that attaches the pitman arm to the steering gear may not be tightened properly
    Steering · 23 vehicles
  • 05V-118 Mar 29, 2005
    On certain heavy-duty, class 8 trucks, the lower and upper steering shaft pinch bolts were improperly tightened
    Steering · 127 vehicles
  • 04V-258 Jun 7, 2004
    On certain class 8 chassis built with hendrickson lift axles which contained webb brake drums, the brake drums could experience premature crack of…
    Brakes · 36 vehicles
  • 04V-118 Mar 4, 2004
    Certain trucks fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems." the front brake chamber…
    Brakes · 35 vehicles
  • 01V-189-004 Aug 1, 2001
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with certain meritor-wabco brake system two and four port relay valves
    Brakes · 8,268 vehicles
  • 00V-230-003 Oct 4, 2000
    Vehicle description: class 8 trucks equipped with felsted electronic accelerator pedals
    Speed control · 46k vehicles
  • 00V-232-009 Sep 13, 2000
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks built with bendix air abs with an ec-17 1030r electronic control unit (ecu), there have been reports of…
    Brakes · 651 vehicles
  • 99V-014-001 Jan 22, 1999
    Vehicle description: class 8 heavy duty truck chassis equipped with mack 16,000 lb., 18,000 lb., or 20,000 lb. heavy duty steering axles
    Suspension · 8,025 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.