NHTSA campaign 11V216000
Great Dane Recall 11V-216: AUTOMATIC SLACK ADJUSTER/ACCURIDE/GUNITE
NHTSA recall 11V216000 was reported by GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP on April 1, 2011, with 56 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Great Dane Refrigerated Trailer and Great Dane Semi Van for the 2011 model year. Owners were notified on April 20, 2011, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 11V216000 (also written 11V-216 or 11V216)
- Filed by
- GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 56 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Service Brakes, Air — Slack Adjusters — Automatic
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V216000. 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.
Great Dane
Great Dane Refrigerated Trailer
- 2011 · Vehicles built October 15, 2010 – January 31, 2011 (per NHTSA)
Great Dane Semi Van
- 2011 · Vehicles built October 15, 2010 – January 31, 2011 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V216000.
Defect description
GREAT DANE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 SEMI VAN AND REEFER TRAILERS MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 15, 2010, THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2011 AND EQUIPPED WITH GUNITE AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKE SLACK ADJUSTERS. DUE TO AN INCOMPLETE "KNITTING" OF THE IRON AT THE TIME OF CASTING, INADEQUATE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SLACK ADJUSTER HOUSING CAN OCCUR, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE HOUSING TO BREAK AT THE HANDLE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING LOADS.
Safety consequence
SLACK ADJUSTERS WITH THIS FLOW NOTCH COULD CRACK UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
GREAT DANE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND ACCURIDE/GUNITE WILL CONDUCT THE REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN AND REPLACE THE SUBJECT SLACK ADJUSTERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN NO APRIL 20, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ACCURIDE AT 1-800-677-3786.
Notes
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 11V216000
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.