Great Dane recall: Service brakes, air
What is wrong
Great dane is recalling certain model year 2011 semi van and reefer trailers manufactured from october 15, 2010, through january 31, 2011 and equipped with gunite automatic air brake slack adjusters. Due to an incomplete "knitting" of the iron at the time of casting, inadequate structural integrity of the slack adjuster housing can occur, which could cause the housing to break at the handle under normal operating loads.
What could happen
Slack adjusters with this flow notch could crack under normal braking conditions causing loss of braking which could result in a vehicle crash.
The fix
Great dane will notify owners and accuride/gunite will conduct the remedy for this campaign and replace the subject slack adjusters free of charge. The safety recall began no april 20, 2011. Owners may contact accuride at 1-800-677-3786.
Vehicles covered
- Great Dane Refrigerated Trailer 2011
- Great Dane Semi Van 2011
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 11V216000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Great Dane Limited Partnership
- Reported to NHTSA
- Apr 1, 2011
- Owners notified
- Apr 20, 2011
- Vehicles or items affected
- 56
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Oct 15, 2010 to Jan 31, 2011
- Part
- Service brakes, air › Slack adjusters › Automatic
Notes
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Great Dane recall: Parking brake Jun 28, 2016
- Great Dane recall: Service brakes, air Dec 15, 2015
- Great Dane recall: Parking brake Jan 22, 2015
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.