| NHTSA Record Id: 11343 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: DORSEY |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008677000078012000000097 |
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| Model Name: TRAILER |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V126000 |
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| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: DORSEY TRAILERS, INC. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 15 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: May, 27 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 1534 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 22 1998 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Trailers by Dorsey, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Jun, 08 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Jun, 11 1998 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 106 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: platform trailers and dollies. the tubing installed in the air brake system on the platform trailers was not recommended for use with the tubing fittings used in the air brake system and the tubing installed on the dollies does not have the proper labeling and minimum burst strength. this does not comply with the requirements of fmvss no. 106, "brake hoses." |
Consequence Summary: If the tubing in the supply (emergency) line bursts or becomes disengaged from a fitting, the trailer can experience a panic stop without prior warning to the driver. if the tubing in the control (service) line bursts, the trailer can be operating without service brakes. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect the brake system tubing and replace the noncompliant tubing installed in the brake system. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin june 22, 1998.owners who take their trailers to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact dorsey trailers at 1-334-897-5711.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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