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NHTSA recall 79V096000

Service brakes, air › Drum › Chamber

Eagle International 05

Reported Apr 5, 1979455 vehicles affectedEAGLE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

The defect

The involved vehicles fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems". The vehicles were equipped with 12 square inch brake chambers instead of the required 16 square inch brake chambers. Under test conditions 12 square inch brake chambers will not provide adequate braking power or recovery.

The remedy

Dealer will replace brake chambers with chambers of the correct size, without charge to owners.

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Vehicles in this recall

Eagle International 05
1979

Notes

Vehicle description: buses, transit.system: service brakes; air brakes.consequences of defect: this condition will increase vehicle stopping distance,which would result in an accident in a situation which requires a sudden stop.