Complaint 545511
2005 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA • POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:BELL HOUSING • incident May 24, 2005
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 545511
- Make
- FREIGHTLINER
- Model
- COLUMBIA
- Model Year
- 2005
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:BELL HOUSING
- Incident Date
- May 24, 2005
- Date Received
- Jul 22, 2005
- Data As Of
- Jul 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:BELL HOUSING
Owner Narrative
CLUTCH EXPLODE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND LOCKED TRUCK IN GEAR AND FRAGMENTS WENT THOUGHT THE BELL HOUSING. COULD HAVE HIT OTHER AUTOS ON HGHWAY OR COULD HAVE SENT FRAGMENT INTO CAB OF TRUCK AND INJURED OR KILLED DRIVER.DRIVER HAD TRUCK LOCKED IN GEAR AND WAS LUCKY TO GET TRUCK STOPED BEFORE HITTING OTHER CARS
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.
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