Investigations
BENDIX SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MOD. VALVES
NHTSA EQ EQ08006 - closed, opened 2008-05-01.
NHTSA investigation EQ08006 is a EQ opened on 2008-05-01 and currently closed. The subject is tracked inside the Office of Defects Investigation queue. Latest activity on this investigation was logged on 2008-08-27 - NHTSA updates that field whenever an Information Request goes out, a supplement is filed, or a status change is recorded in the public docket.
Investigators summarized the matter as follows: "ON 6/7/07 BENDIX FILED A 573 DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT STATING CERTAIN SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MODULATING VALVES MIGHT INTERMITTENTLY FAIL. UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES TO THE MANUFACTURING OF THESE VALVES CAN CAUSE THE INTERNAL CHECK..." Investigations are the early-warning layer of the federal auto-safety system, sitting upstream of formal recalls and defect orders. Whether this one closes without action or escalates into an Engineering Analysis, the full history stays in the ODI archive so researchers, litigators, and buyers can pull the paper trail at any time.
Investigation Summary
ON 6/7/07 BENDIX FILED A 573 DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT STATING CERTAIN SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MODULATING VALVES MIGHT INTERMITTENTLY FAIL. UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES TO THE MANUFACTURING OF THESE VALVES CAN CAUSE THE INTERNAL CHECK VALVE RUBBER TO BECOME DEFORMED. THIS CAN CREATE A LEAK THAT MAY DELAY THE APPLICATION OF THE PARKING BRAKE, IN SOME CASES LEADING TO A VEHICLE ROLLAWAY. A ROLLAWAY EVENT MIGHT CAUSE DAMAGE TO PERSONAL PROPERTY AND/OR HARM TO OTHER MOTORISTS/PEDESTRIANS. RMD MAILED INFORMATION REQUEST LETTERS TO 6 VEHICLE OEMS ON 5/22/08. IN RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER, KOVATCH MOBILE EQUIPMENT FILED 08V-263, SELECT TRUCKS REFURBISH CENTER IS A SUBSIDIARY OF DAIMLER¿S AND COVERED UNDER 07V-302, AND SST TRUCK COMPANY IS A SUBSIDIARY OF IC CORP AND COVERED UNDER 07V-314. LINK-BELT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND ROSENBAUER MOTORS DID NOT USE THESE VALVES CERTIFIED FOR HIGHWAY USE BUT WILL HAVE THEIR UNITS REPAIRED. PROTECTED VEHICLES INC. RETURNED ALL THEIR RECALLED EQUIPMENT TO BENDIX IN EARLY 2007. IR RESPONSES CAN BE FOUND BELOW OR IN THE DOCUMENT REPOSITORY. THIS EQ IS CLOSED.
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