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Meritor Trailer Axle Assembly, model year 9999. Filed by Meritor, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 21 January 2016. 8 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Meritor, Inc. (Meritor) is recalling certain Trailer Axle Assemblies, part number HTQ4671LH8846. The affected axle assemblies are equipped with certain Haldex Life Seal Type 30/30 Long Stroke Air Brake Actuators. These axles may experience brake drag due to an improperly seated diaphragm in the brake chamber.

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 16E004 cover?
Meritor Trailer Axle Assembly.
What is wrong with them?
Meritor, Inc. (Meritor) is recalling certain Trailer Axle Assemblies, part number HTQ4671LH8846. The affected axle assemblies are equipped with certain Haldex Life Seal Type 30/30 Long Stroke Air Brake Actuators.
What can happen if it is not put right?
Brake drag may result in a wheel end fire.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Meritor will notify their affected vehicle manufacturing customers, and their dealers will remove and replace the Haldex Life Seal Type 30/30 long stroke actuators with Haldex Gold Seal Type 30/30 long stroke actuators, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in February 2016.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

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What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Brake drag may result in a wheel end fire.”

8vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 21 January 2016owners told 29 January 2016today
The defect reached the regulator on 21 January 2016. Owners were written to 8 days later, on 29 January 2016. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign16E004
Filed byMeritor, Inc.
System at faultService Brakes, Air
Reported to NHTSA21 January 2016
Model years9999-9999
Vehicles namedMERITOR TRAILER AXLE ASSEMBLY

What the notice says today

The consequence

Brake drag may result in a wheel end fire.

The remedy

Meritor will notify their affected vehicle manufacturing customers, and their dealers will remove and replace the Haldex Life Seal Type 30/30 long stroke actuators with Haldex Gold Seal Type 30/30 long stroke actuators, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in February 2016. Owners may contact Meritor customer service at 1-248-435-1725 or Haldex customer service at 1-800-752-2501.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 353 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, air. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

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