The defect
E.D. Etnyre & Co. (Etnyre) is recalling certain model year 2012 asphalt tanker trailers, heavy haul trailers, and live bottom trailers manufactured November 2010, through April 2011, and equipped with Gunite Automatic Slack Adjusters. Due to incomplete "knitting" of the iron at the time of casting, inadequate structural integrity of the slack adjuster housing can occur, which could cause the housing to break at the handle under normal operating loads.
The risk
Slack adjusters with this flow notch could crack under normal braking conditions causing loss of braking which could result in a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Etnyre has notified owners and all defective slack adjusters were replaced, free of charge. The recall began in April 2011. Owners may contact Etnyre at 1-800-995-2116.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Etnyre Asphalt Trailer | 2012 |
| Etnyre Heavy Haul Trailer | 2012 |
| Etnyre Live Bottom Trailer | 2012 |
Components: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SLACK ADJUSTERS:AUTOMATIC
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etnyre Asphalt Trailer | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| Etnyre Heavy Haul Trailer | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| Etnyre Live Bottom Trailer | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
Other service brakes, air recalls in 2014
15 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the service brakes, air.
| 14V758000 28 Nov 2014 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 14V747000 24 Nov 2014 | Spartan Motors, Inc. |
| 14V717000 10 Nov 2014 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 14V679000 28 Oct 2014 | Spartan Motors, Inc. |
| 14V653000 17 Oct 2014 | Great Dane Trailers |
| 14V555000 11 Sept 2014 | Volvo Trucks North America |
| 14V547000 10 Sept 2014 | Gillig LLC |
| 14V532000 4 Sept 2014 | New Flyer Industries Ltd. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014