The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has just issued a recall notice for 30,000 trailers from 11 different manufacturers. These 30,000 trailers are in addition to the 195,000 that were recalled in June.
Bendix announced a recall of its SR-5 Trailer Spring Brake Valves which were used by 11 different trailer manufacturers between Jan 1st, 2004 and March 4th, 2016. The recalled valves could cause the trailer to roll away after decoupling from a tractor due to a delay in the application of the spring brakes while parking. The valve also controls brake actuators during “emergency applications.”
Between the two possible issues, the defect could contribute to an accident occurring, so the NHTSA is issuing a recall.
Bendix says that it is still working on finding a fix to the problem.
Below is a list of the affected trailers. If you think your trailer may be affected you can call Bendix customer service at 1-877-345-9526, or NHTSA at 1-888-327-4236, for updates. The recall number for the NHTSA is 16E-045.
Trailers affected by the recall include:
- 2015-2017 Brenner liquid tank
- 2015-2016 Cheetah Bridgemaster chassis
- 2016 Cheetah curtainside flatbed
- 2015-2016 Cheetah extendable chassis
- 2015 Cheetah flatbed
- 2014-2016 Cheetah gooseneck chassis
- 2015-2016 Cheetah straight frame chassis
- 2015-2017 Fontaine Revolution
- 2015-2017 Great Dane dry van
- 2015-2017 Great Dane reefer
- 2015-2017 Great Dane flatbed
- 2014-2016 Hackney beverage trailers
- 2014-2016 Kindron reefer trailers
- 2015, 2017 Strick tandem axle van trailers
- 2015-2017 Transcraft platform trailers
- 2014-2016 Utility dry van trailers
- 2014-2016 Utility flatbed trailers
- 2014-2016 Utility reefer trailers
- 2015-2016 Vermeer TR620
- 2015-2016 Vermeer TR626
- 2014-2016 Vermeer DT6
- 2014-2016 Vermeer HG4000
- 2014-2016 Vermeer HG6000
- 2014-2016 Vermeer HG8000
- 2014-2016 Vermeer TG5000
- 2014-2016 Vermeer TG7000
- 2014-2015 Vermeer TG9000
- 2014-2016 Vermeer WC2300XL
- 2015-2016 Vermeer WC2500XL
- 2015-2017 Wabash National van trailers
- 2015 Wilson CD-1080
- 2015 Wilson DWH-550
Source: bendix, thebrakereport
Next they should recall all the new automatic transmission trucks for safety issues because they are a death chamber on wheels.
I haven’t heard of, or seen, any truck that wrecked solely because it had an automatic transmission. Your assertion is farcical
You just don’t know how to drive them. I was in a Volvo with an automated transmission for the last two years. I didn’t see ant different in safety between the Volvo and the manual transmission I drove for years before. If you’re stupid enough to leave ti in full automation on slick roads, you’re going to get what you deserve. If, on the other hand, you use your head and use it in manual mode YOU can control the downshift so you don’t break traction.
Good points Tom!
I remember when they resisted the change in cars from manual to automatic, is that primeval fear to anything out of your comfort zone, especially from “old school drivers” that always find something wrong with new technology, I also drive an Automatic Freightliner and honestly there is no way after 8 years of shifting gears that I will be missing that!
What Tom said. Period.
As much as a manual drive is more engaging and maybe more reliable due to less complexity. I don’t have any problems, much less safety issues with my Eaton automatic. It’s doing everything a manual tranny does. I’m putting it in manual mode whenever going down or up a hill so I’m in control and that’s it.
I drive a Volvo auto now. “Just put it in manual mode, and you control the shift” is a crock of shit. It does what the computer says. It may take your suggestions under advisement, but you are NOT in control.
it takes less than five minutes to uncouple, so just how much of a delay are we talking about here?
“Automated” or “Automatic “, although the term does by no means make reference to the driver putting his or her laurels at rest, many do.
“Feeling” , “hearing ” and “listening” to the road under your tires should be a involuntary action, like breathing. A good driver should be constantly aware of the road ahead.
Considering that the thermometer providing outside temperature of 36 degrees may not be accurate ,and that road curving in the Valley your dipping into may be a recipe for disaster as road Temps drop to below freezing, and night dew has sheathed the black top with black ice.
The competitiveness among truck manufacturers has massaged our once rough-riding truck’s into hovercrafts on wheels, with all the comforts of home to boot. Seats that sense (and compensate for) the slightest imperfection in road surface. Computers running the engines, and over the past 17 plus year’s, automated transmissions have become common place, taking more and more away from the drivers needs to be attentive to controls and responsiveness.
But don’t ever forget that you are the master commander of one of the largest and heaviest machine’s , and you, ever so quickly and unexpectedly, can be the reason for those who died as a result of your lack of patience and attentiveness.
If you think the judge will absolve you of vehicular manslaughter when your attorney says “my client was merely relying on the automated function of his transmission “, you are gravely mistaken my friend.
-D. Van Hee, Caledonia Ontario.
30,000 trailers, that is very disturbing and dose not look very good on any of the companies involved, someone dropped the ball and screwed up really bad this time, better and more monitory rigorous testing has to be done before massive product production can begin especially when it comes to brakes for heavy trucks. Someone f-ed up really bad this time.
I just retired after 47 years driving. The last two was in a KW with a 10 speed auto. The only thing I didn’t like about it was the 2-3 second delay it took to get moving after you had stopped at a light or stop sign. THAT is dangerous!