NHTSA campaign 09V334000 · Labrie campaign SB 09-09

Labrie and Leach Recall 09V-334: SERVICE BRAKES/QUICK RELEASE VALVES

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V334000 (Labrie campaign SB 09-09) was reported by LABRIE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP on August 20, 2009, with 29 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Labrie Expert T, Labrie Top Select and Leach 2Riii for the 2008 model year. Owners were notified on October 23, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 09V334000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
09V334000 (also written 09V-334 or 09V334)
Filed by
LABRIE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
Labrie campaign number
SB 09-09
Report received
Potentially affected
29 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Service Brakes, Air — Supply — Quick Release Valve
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Equipment Query EQ09-003 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V334000. 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.

Labrie

  • Labrie Expert T

    • 2008 · Vehicles built July 1, 2008 – February 10, 2009 (per NHTSA)
  • Labrie Top Select

    • 2008 · Vehicles built July 1, 2008 – February 10, 2009 (per NHTSA)
All Labrie recalls

Leach

  • Leach 2Riii

    • 2008 · Vehicles built July 1, 2008 – February 10, 2009 (per NHTSA)
All Leach recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V334000.

Defect description

LABRIE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 GARBAGE AND RECYCLING TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH CERTAIN HALDEX QUICK RELEASE VALVES (QRVS). THE RUBBER DIAPHRAGM INSIDE THE QRV MAY EXPERIENCE DELAMINATION RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF AIR PRESSURE LEAKAGE PAST AND/OR THROUGH THE DIAPHRAGM, OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BUBBLE IN THE DIAPHRAGM WHICH MAY TRAP AIR PRESSURE IN THE VALVE AND NOT ALLOW THE SERVICE BRAKES TO RELEASE.

Safety consequence

MALFUNCTION OF THE AIR BRAKE SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

LABRIE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE QRVS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 23, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT LABRIEPLUS CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-877-452-2743.

Notes

LABRIE'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER SB 09-09.OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V334000

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.