Water Intrusion Affecting Turn Signals – 2013-2018 Morgan Truck Bodies

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March 5, 2018 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V145000

Water Intrusion Affecting Turn Signals

Incorrect turn signal operation may increase the risk of a crash.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V145

Manufacturer Morgan Truck Bodies LLC

Components ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING

Potential Number of Units Affected 7,269

 

Summary

Morgan Truck Bodies LLC (Morgan) is recalling all 2013-2018 Morgan Truck Bodies built on Isuzu, Kenworth, Mercedes, Chevrolet, GM, Freightliner, Mitsubishi and Peterbilt chassis. Water may enter part of the wiring harness and affect the turn signal operation.

 

Remedy

Morgan will notify owners, and dealers will replace or modify the affected wiring harness, free of charge. The recall began on March 21, 2018. Owners may contact Morgan customer service at 1-800-666-7426. Morgan’s numbers for this recall are FRWI-517 and FRWI-518.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

 


Re:  NHTSA Recall 18V-145

To All Morgan Dealers and Authorized Repair Centers:

This notice is to advise you that Morgan Truck Body, LLC (Morgan) has decided that a defect that related to motor vehicle safety exists in your vehicle with the VIN stated above.

 

What is the Concern:

Morgan has identified an issue with the Electrical Foreign to Domestic Converter Harnesses manufactured by Grote and installed on certain Morgan truck bodies mounted on Isuzu, Chevrolet, Freightliner, GMC, Kenworth, Mercedes, Mitsubishi and Peterbilt chassis. Some of these converter harnesses have experienced a failure due to water ingress. The water ingress may cause the rear turn signals to malfunction in several different ways including becoming inoperable, bleed through of low intensity light to the rear tail/tum signal lamp, or other turn signal or 4-way flasher malfunctions. If the rear turn signals malfunction, this could increase the risk of a crash.

 

What is the Affected Component?

Grote Industries Electrical Foreign to Domestic Convertor Harness and Hopkins Electronic taillight converter [Morgan Part# 0410197 -OR- Morgan Part# 0410195].

 

What Should You Do?

The vehicle(s) listed on the attachment have been identified as vehicle(s) that include the aforementioned converter harnesses and module. If a vehicle owner requests repair, please have them contact their local Morgan Authorized Repair Center to make an appointment to the vehicle retrofitted at no cost. Customers have been notified of the recall beginning the week of March 20, 2018.

Depending upon the part installed in the customer’s unit, there are two different repair instructions.  See the related Field Repair Work Instruction for detailed repair instructions related to this issue and instructions for reimbursement.

For part # 04101971, parts are currently available for this recall.  Please contact Morgan at MorganCampaign@morgancorp.com to request replacement parts.

 

Notice Pursuant to Federal Law:

Please note, it is a violation of Federal Law for a dealer to deliver a new motor vehicle or any new or used item of motor vehicle equipment (including a tire) covered by the notification under a sale or lease until the defect or noncompliance is remedied. 49 C.F.R. § 577.13.


6 Affected Products

Vehicle

MAKE MODEL YEAR
MORGAN TRUCK BODIES 2013-2018

 


14 Associated Documents

Remedy Instructions and TSB

RCRIT-18V145-5605.pdf 198.004KB

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Remedy Instructions and TSB

RCRIT-18V145-8128.pdf 242.243KB

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Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-18V145-1406.pdf 246.144KB

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Defect Notice 573 Report

RCLRPT-18V145-3108.pdf 215.777KB

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Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-18V145-6592.pdf 88.393KB

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Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-18V145-2708.pdf 125.35KB

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Miscellaneous Document- Web Post

RMISC-18V145-4989.pdf 628.592KB

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Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc)

RCMN-18V145-8618.pdf 25.59KB

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Recall Quarterly Report- Report #1, 2018-1

RCLQRT-18V145-0991.PDF 214.526KB

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Recall 573 Report- Amendment 1

RCLRPT-18V145-7959.PDF 215.778KB

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Recall Quarterly Report #2, 2018-2

RCLQRT-18V145-8896.PDF 214.63KB

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Recall Quarterly Report #5, 2019-1

RCLQRT-18V145-2184.PDF 211.561KB

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Recall Quarterly Report #3, 2018-3

RCLQRT-18V145-3287.PDF 211.336KB

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Recall Quarterly Report #4, 2018-4

RCLQRT-18V145-7440.PDF 211.453KB

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Latest Recalls Documents

For the Latest and Most Recent Recalls Information Visit the link below…

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/documentList.xhtml?docId=18V145&docType=RCL


 

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