The defect
Heil Company (Heil) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 Petroleum, Crude, Dry Bulk and Flatbed trailers manufactured January 1, 2014, to June 18, 2016. These trailers are equipped with certain Bendix SR5 spring brake valves which may have been improperly machined which could cause a delay of application of the spring brakes while parking.
The risk
If there is a delay of the spring brake application, the trailer may roll away after it has decoupled from the tractor, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
The remedy
Heil will contact owners and Bendix will provide a remedy kit, complete with instructions, to repair any affected SR-5 trailer relay valves, free of charge. The recall began on September 23, 2016. Owners may contact Heil customer service at 1-800-400-6913.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Heil Crude Trailer | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Heil DRY Bulk Trailer | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Heil Flatbed | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
Components: PARKING BRAKE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heil Crude Trailer | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Crude Trailer | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Crude Trailer | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil DRY Bulk Trailer | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil DRY Bulk Trailer | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil DRY Bulk Trailer | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Flatbed | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Flatbed | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Flatbed | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
Other parking brake recalls in 2016
26 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the parking brake; Heil Company filed 2 campaigns in all.
| 16V741000 14 Oct 2016 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 16V725000 11 Oct 2016 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 16V652000 8 Sept 2016 | Groupe Cambli inc |
| 16V580000 3 Aug 2016 | Hyundai Translead |
| 16V523000 11 Jul 2016 | MANAC INC. |
| 16V524000 11 Jul 2016 | Polar Tank Trailer, LLC. |
| 16V522000 11 Jul 2016 | MANAC Trailers USA, Inc. |
| 16V505000 5 Jul 2016 | VT Hackney, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016