NHTSA campaign 11V479000
Silver Eagle Recall 11V-479: AUTOMATIC SLACK ADJUSTER/ACCURIDE/GUNITE
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 11V479000 was reported by SILVER EAGLE MANUFACTURING on September 16, 2011, with 43 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Silver Eagle Falcon, Silver Eagle Hawk and Silver Eagle Tandem for model years 2010–2011. Owners were notified on September 16, 2011, 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 11V479000 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
- 11V479000 (also written 11V-479 or 11V479)
- Filed by
- SILVER EAGLE MANUFACTURING
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 43 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Service Brakes, Air — Slack Adjusters
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ11-004 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V479000. 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.
Silver Eagle
Silver Eagle Falcon
Silver Eagle Hawk
Silver Eagle Tandem
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V479000.
Defect description
SILVER EAGLE IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 HAWK, TANDEM AND FALCON DOLLIES MANUFACTURED FROM NOVEMBER 18, 2010, THROUGH MARCH 24, 2011, AND EQUIPPED WITH GUNITE AUTOMATIC 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
SILVER EAGLE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SUBJECT SLACK ADJUSTERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ACCURIDE AT 1-855-857-8645.
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 11V479000
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.