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NHTSA recall 00V127001

Service brakes, air › Supply › Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings

Heil Trailer

Reported Apr 3, 20006 vehicles affectedHEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

The defect

Vehicle equipment: petroleum tanker trailers equiped with bendix air brake system air dryers. the retaining bolts for the reed covers on either end of the trailer air dryer may crack causing the bolt heads to come off.

The risk

The air brake system can leak air out from the air dryer causing a low air warning buzzer and eventually the trailer parking brakes coming to full apply or the trailer's parking brakes can engage without prior warning.

The remedy

Bendix IS conducting the owner notification for this recall. owners are instructed to contact bendix at 1-800-478-1793 to receive a replacement unit. bendix will replace the trailer air dryers without charge.

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Vehicles in this recall

Heil Trailer
19992000

Notes

Bendix IS conducting the owner notification for this campaign. Owners are instructed to contact bendix at 1-800-478-1793 to receive a replacement unit.if owners do not receive a replacement unit free of charge within a reasonable time should contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-to-dot (1-888-327-4236).