2000 Wabash Trailer recall: brakes
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: Trailer axle suspensions installed on wabash national trailers were assembled with incorrect brake camshafts. These trailers will not comply with the deceleration or parking requirements of FMVSS no. 121, "air brake systems."
💥 The risk
The brakes will not function properly. These trailers will also have diminished stopping distance performance and reduced parking (hill holding) capability.
🔧 The fix
The Trailer owners (jb hunt) will inspect the axle suspensions and correct the brake camshaft condition.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V093000
- Manufacturer
- MERITOR AUTOMOTIVE
- Vehicles affected
- 51
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 1, 2000
- Built
- Nov 1, 1999 – Jan 31, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began duringjanuary 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact wabash at or meritor atalso contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).