NHTSA campaign 12V371000

Newmar Recall 12V-371: Hydraulic Brake Calipers

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V371000 was reported by NEWMAR CORPORATION on July 31, 2012, with 70 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Newmar Grand Star CA for model years 2008–2009.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 12V371000 (also written 12V-371 or 12V371)
Filed by: NEWMAR CORPORATION
Report received: July 31, 2012
Potentially affected: 70 vehicles (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 12V371000. 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.

Newmar

Newmar Grand Star CA
- 2008, 2009 · Vehicles built January 25, 2007 – May 22, 2009 (per NHTSA)

All Newmar recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V371000.

Defect description

Newmar Corporation (Newmar) is recalling certain model year 2008 and 2009 Grand Star Class A motorhomes built on Freightliner Custom Chassis (FCCC) from January 25, 2007, through May 22, 2009. These motorhomes chassis are equipped with Bosch hydraulic disc brakes which, when 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 a vehicle crash.

Manufacturer remedy

Owners will be notified by Daimler Trucks/FCCC, and repairs will be performed by authorized FCCC dealers free of charge. An interim letter was mailed by DTNA on August 6, 2012. Owners may contact Newmar at 1-574-773-7791 or Daimler Trucks at 1-800-547-0712.

Notes

Daimler Trucks' recall campaign number is FL-628.Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V371000

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.