2000 Heil Trailer recall: brakes
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle equipment: petroleum tanker trailers equiped with bendix air brake system air dryers. The retaining bolts for the reed covers on either end of the Trailer air dryer may crack causing the bolt heads to come off.
💥 The risk
The air brake system CAN leak air out from the air dryer causing a low air warning buzzer and eventually the Trailer parking brakes coming to full apply or the trailer's parking brakes CAN engage without prior warning.
🔧 The fix
Bendix is conducting the owner notification for this recall. Owners are instructed to contact bendix at 1-800-478-1793 to receive a replacement unit. Bendix will replace the Trailer air dryers without charge.
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
- 00V127001
- Manufacturer
- HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL
- Vehicles affected
- 6
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-478-1793
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- Bendix is conducting the owner notification for this campaign. Owners are instructed to contact bendix at 1-800-478-1793 to receive a replacement unit.if owners do not receive a replacement unit free of charge within a reasonable time should contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-TO-DOT (1-888-327-4236).