Mertz recall: Service brakes, air
What is wrong
Mertz is recalling certain model year 2010 and 2011 halliburton trailers manufactured from november 2010, through march 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
If the slack adjuster housing were to break, the wheel brake to which the slack adjuster is attached would no longer function, causing the vehicle to have reduced braking capacity and, if mounted on the steer axle, the vehicle could pull to one side, possibly resulting in a crash.
The fix
Mertz will notify owners and the slack adjusters will be replaced free of charge. The safety recall began on november 8, 2011. Owners may contact mertz at 580-767-8465 or accuride at 1-812-962-5000.
Vehicles covered
- Mertz Halliburton 2010–2011
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 11V555000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Mertz Manufacturing, LLC
- Reported to NHTSA
- Nov 10, 2011
- Owners notified
- Nov 8, 2011
- Vehicles or items affected
- 257
- Started by
- NHTSA investigation
- Built
- Nov 1, 2010 to Mar 30, 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.