2000 Western Star Solar recall: brakes
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks built with bendix air ABS with an EC-17 1030R electronic control unit (ECU), there have been reports of unwanted ABS activation at low speeds caused by 1) chafed ABS wheel speed sensor wires on rotating parts or 2) a damaged component at the wheel end that generates a certain type of erratic sensor signal.
💥 The risk
This condition could cause the ABS ECU to exhaust the air at the air brake modulators for one or more of the wheels. This could result in extended braking distances and a possible crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the ABS ECU.
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
- 00V232004
- Manufacturer
- WESTERN STAR TRUCKS, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 383
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Feb 9, 2001
- Built
- Oct 1, 1999 – May 31, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began february 9, 2001. 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 western star at 1-250-860-3319. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).