2000 Airstream Cutter & 2000 Airstream XC recall: brakes
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: motor homes built on freightliner chassis. The anti-lock braking system (ABS) rear brake valves CAN be damaged due to the fresh water tank sagging downward.
💥 The risk
This will result in automatic application of the emergency brake causing a rapid deceleration and stopping of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will install a steel support bracket that runs fore and aft under the fresh water tank between two chassis cross members below the tank. Owner notification began march 19, 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 airstream at 1-877-596-6505.
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
- 01V086000
- Manufacturer
- AIRSTREAM, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 298
- Component
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- Owner phone
- 1-877-596-6505
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Mar 19, 2001
- Built
- Feb 1, 1997 – Jun 30, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).