The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTOR HOMES BUILT ON A FORD CHASSIS. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR LAMP IS NOT IN THE CORRECT POSITION IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 105, "HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEMS."
The risk
THE BULB/SOCKET ASSEMBLY MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL PLACE THE BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR LAMP IN THE CORRECT POSITION.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Airstream F53 | 1999 |
Components: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airstream F53 | 1999 | 0 | 1 |
Other service brakes, hydraulic recalls in 1999
39 of the 392 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1999 concerned the service brakes, hydraulic; AIRSTREAM, INC. filed 30 campaigns in all.
| 99V357000 17 Dec 1999 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 99V340000 13 Dec 1999 | DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 99V341000 2 Dec 1999 | DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 99V165006 23 Nov 1999 | REXHALL INDUSTRIES |
| 99V165002 16 Nov 1999 | FOREST RIVER, INC. |
| 99V165004 3 Nov 1999 | NEWMAR CORPORATION |
| 99V262000 21 Sept 1999 | INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE |
| 99V244000 15 Sept 1999 | DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1999