The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPED WITH BOSCH 9" X 3" PARKING BRAKE, SPRING ACTUATED, FOR HYDRAULIC LESS AIR SOURCE AND ACTUATED BY PARKING BRAKE KNOB IN INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE PARKING BRAKE HOSE CHAFES AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGH THE ROUTING OF THE HOSES TO AND FROM THE HAND CONTROL VALVE.
The risk
THE PARKING BRAKE WILL AUTOMATICALLY APPLY IF PRESSURE IS LOST DUE TO A RUPTURED PARK BRAKE HOSE INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A HOSE ROUTING KIT TO PREVENT CHAFING AND REPLACE ALL CHAFED HOSES.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Navistar 4000 | 1997, 1998, 1999 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navistar 4000 | 1997 | 0 | 1 |
| Navistar 4000 | 1998 | 0 | 1 |
| Navistar 4000 | 1999 | 0 | 1 |
Other parking brake recalls in 1999
5 of the 392 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1999 concerned the parking brake; INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE filed 97 campaigns in all.
| 99V286000 20 Oct 1999 | NEW FLYER OF AMERICA, INC. |
| 99V267000 27 Sept 1999 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 99V185000 9 Jul 1999 | LEISURE TRAVEL VANS |
| 99V085000 20 Apr 1999 | FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1999