Silver Eagle recall: Service brakes, air
What is wrong
Silver eagle is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 hawk, tandem and falcon dollies manufactured from november 18, 2010, through march 24, 2011, and equipped with gunite automatic 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
Silver eagle will notify owners and dealers will replace the subject slack adjusters free of charge. The safety recall is expected to begin on or before july 1, 2011. Owners may contact accuride at 1-855-857-8645.
Vehicles covered
- Silver Eagle Falcon 2010–2011
- Silver Eagle Hawk 2010–2011
- Silver Eagle Tandem 2010–2011
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 11V479000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Silver Eagle Manufacturing
- Reported to NHTSA
- Sep 16, 2011
- Owners notified
- Sep 16, 2011
- Vehicles or items affected
- 43
- Started by
- NHTSA investigation
- Built
- Nov 18, 2010 to Mar 24, 2011
- Part
- Service brakes, air › Slack adjusters
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 .
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.