NHTSA campaign 04V377000

Four Winds Recall 04V-377: FOUR WINDS/FMVSS 121/AIR BRAKES

NHTSA recall 04V377000 was reported by FOUR WINDS INTERNATIONAL on August 4, 2004, with 60 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Four Winds Mandalay for model years 2004–2005.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 04V377000 (also written 04V-377 or 04V377)
Filed by: FOUR WINDS INTERNATIONAL
Report received: August 4, 2004
Potentially affected: 60 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Service Brakes, Air — Supply — Low Pressure Warning — Switch
Safety standard: FMVSS 121

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 04V377000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Four Winds

Four Winds Mandalay
- 2004, 2005 · Vehicles built January 30, 2004 – June 14, 2004 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 04V377000.

Defect description

CERTAIN MOTOR HOMES DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 121, 'AIR BRAKE SYSTEMS.' IN A SITUATION IN WHICH MULTIPLE ALARMS ARE ACTIVE, A CHECK ENGINE, STOP ENGINE, OR SIMILAR WARNING INDICATOR IS GIVEN PRIORITY OVER THE LOW AIR ALARM BY THE INSTRUMENT SYSTEM CONTROLLER SOFTWARE. IF THE OPERATOR DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THESE HIGHER PRIORITY ALARMS, A LOW AIR ALARM MAY NOT BE DISPLAYED.

Safety consequence

A VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN WITH THE AIR PRESSURE BELOW 60 PSI WITHOUT THE LOW AIR WARNING SOUNDING, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

FREIGHTLINER DEALERS WILL RE-FLASH THE SOFTWARE. OWNERS SHOULD FREIGHTLINER AT 1-800-547-0712 OR FOUR WINDS AT 1-574-266-1111.

Notes

CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 04V377000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.