NHTSA campaign 12V314000
NAVISTAR, INC Recall 12V-314: HYDRAULIC BRAKE CALIPER
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V314000 was reported by NAVISTAR, INC on July 5, 2012, with 1 vehicle potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Safari Coach Simba Diesel for the 2008 model year.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V314000 (also written 12V-314 or 12V314)
- Filed by
- NAVISTAR, INC
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1 vehicle (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE12-004 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V314000. 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.
Safari Coach
Safari Coach Simba Diesel
- 2008 · Vehicles built June 29, 2007 – June 29, 2007 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V314000.
Defect description
NAVISTAR IS RECALLING ONE MODEL YEAR 2008 SAFARI SIMBA DIESEL RECREATIONAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURED ON JUNE 29, 2007, EQUIPPED WITH BOSCH HYDRAULIC BRAKES. HYDRAULIC BRAKE EQUIPPED MOTORHOME CHASSIS EXPOSED TO LONG PERIODS OF TIME OF NON-DRIVING MAY EXPERIENCE DIAMETRICAL BRAKE CALIPER PISTON GROWTH AND REDUCED PISTON TO BORE CLEARANCE POTENTIALLY LEADING TO BRAKE DRAG AND OVERHEATING RESULTING IN REDUCED BRAKE PERFORMANCE.
Safety consequence
REDUCED BRAKE PERFORMANCE MAY LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
NAVISTAR WILL NOTIFY THE OWNER, AND AN AUTHORIZED DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA (DTNA) DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, AS NECESSARY, REPLACE THE BRAKE CALIPERS, FREE OF CHARGE. AN INTERIM LETTER WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER BY DTNA ON AUGUST 6, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA AT 1-800-547-0712.
Notes
CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATIONS 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 12V314000
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.