NHTSA Campaign 11V452000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
NHTSA campaign 11V452000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages. The repair is free.
TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC filed the report for 11V452000 with NHTSA on August 25, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V452000, NHTSA lists up to 1,960 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 11V452000 were scheduled from December 22, 2009.
11V452000 covers 2 models from Tiffin, model years 2010–2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V452000 ranks 3 of 14 TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V452000, TIFFIN MOTORHOMES, INC has 2 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 11V452000 was 09V496000, reported on December 29, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- TIFFIN MOTORHOMES IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2011 PHAETON, MY 2008-2010 BUS, AND MY 2010 ALLEGRO MOTORHOMES EQUIPPED WITH KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDALS. THE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDAL ARM MAY LOOSEN ALLOWING THE ARM TO ROTATE AROUND ITS SHAFT AND SWING IN FRONT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, REDUCING BRAKING FUNCTION.
- The risk
- A LOOSE BRAKE PEDAL INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DAMILER TRUCKS (DTNA) IS PERFORMING RECALL REPAIRS AND NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS. THE OWNERS WERE INITIALLY NOTIFIED BY DTNA TRUCKS ON DECEMBER 22, 2009, AND A FOLLOW UP NOTICE WAS MAILED TO OWNERS ON JULY 20, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA WARRANTY CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT 1-800-547-0712 OR TIFFIN MOTORHOMES AT 1-256-356-8661 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Reported August 25, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V452000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V452000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: August 25, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted