NHTSA recall 00E041001 · Equipment
Service brakes, air › Antilock › Wheel speed sensor
Reported Jul 21, 200010,822 vehicles affectedBENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYS.Built Nov 1, 1997 – Aug 31, 2000
The defect
Equipment description: bendix ABS electronic control unit (ecu) sensor wires, part no. Ec-17-1030r sold as service parts. there have been reports of unwanted temporary ABS activation at low speeds caused by 1) chafed ABS wheel speed sensor wires on rotating parts or 2) a damaged component at the wheel end that generates a certain type of erratic sensor signal.
The risk
This condition could cause the air ABS ecu to exhaust the air at the air brake modulators for one or more of the wheels.
The remedy
Bendix has notified its distributors/dealers and will provide a replacement ecu assembly free of charge.