NHTSA campaign 07V397000

Newell Recall 07V-397: SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MODULATING VALVE/BENDIX

NHTSA recall 07V397000 was reported by NEWELL COACH CORP. on August 31, 2007, with 63 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Newell Motor Home for model years 2006–2008. Owners were notified on September 17, 2007, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 07V397000 (also written 07V-397 or 07V397)
Filed by: NEWELL COACH CORP.
Report received: August 31, 2007
Potentially affected: 63 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Parking Brake
Owners notified: September 17, 2007

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 07V397000. 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.

Newell

Newell Motor Home
- 2006, 2007, 2008 · Vehicles built February 1, 2006 – August 8, 2007 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 07V397000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN MOTOR HOMES EQUIPPED WITH BENDIX SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MODULATING VALVES, THE INTERNAL RUBBER CHECK VALVE MAY LEAK CAUSING A DELAY IN THE APPLICATION OF THE SPRING BRAKES TO PARK THE VEHICLE AFTER THE OPERATOR PULLS THE DASH VALVE BUTTON.

Safety consequence

THIS COULD DELAY OR FAIL TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKES WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE ROLL AWAY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

BENDIX IS HANDLING THE REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN PLEASE SEE (07E-037). BENDIX WILL INSTALL A CHECK VALVE REPAIR KIT FOR THE AFFECTED SR-7 SPRING BRAKE MODULATING VALVE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BENDIX AT 440-329-9000 OR NEWELL COACH AT 1-888-963-9355.

Notes

CUSTOMERS 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.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 07V397000

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.