Bendix Sr-5, model year 9999. Filed by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and reported to NHTSA on 17 May 2016. 194,410 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Bendix) is recalling certain SR-5 Trailer Spring Brake Valves manufactured January 1, 2014, to March 4, 2016. These brake valves were improperly machined without a radius on the internal check valve seat, causing a delay of application of the spring brakes while parking.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16E045 cover?
- Bendix Sr-5.
- What is wrong with them?
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Bendix) is recalling certain SR-5 Trailer Spring Brake Valves manufactured January 1, 2014, to March 4, 2016.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- 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.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Bendix will contact owners and provide a remedy kit, complete with instructions, to repair any affected SR-5 trailer relay valves, free of charge. Bendix issued an interim notification on June 17, 2016. The recall began on August 22, 2016.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “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.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16E045 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC |
| System at fault | Parking Brake |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 May 2016 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | BENDIX SR-5 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
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
Bendix will contact owners and provide a remedy kit, complete with instructions, to repair any affected SR-5 trailer relay valves, free of charge. Bendix issued an interim notification on June 17, 2016. The recall began on August 22, 2016. Owners may contact Bendix customer service at 1-800-247-2725.
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 175 notices in the record whose component field names parking brake. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 49 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16E045, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16e045/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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Other Bendix notices we hold
- 25E048: Knorr-Bresme 22/24-57 brake chambers, with part number K068622 and K038830N00, sold as replacement parts for certain buses
- 24E034: Intellipark Park Valve Modules (PVM) with part numbers, K266604R000, K189349, K273523R000 and, K273520R000
- 23E015: Intellipark Towing Park Brake Modules (PVM) with part number, K206667R000
- 23E011: Foot Brake Valve Assemblies, model Medium-Duty Vehicle Pedal A, with part number G901288
- 22E033: Brake Lights, Model DCM-BB and part number 10049991
- 21E070: Intellipark Dash Electronic Control Units (DECU) with part number K183042R000
- 21E015: SC-3 Single Check Valves, part number K094964
- 20E092: SL-4 Brake Light Pressure switches with part numbers K101993, K101996, K108141, and K108142 manufactured between December 1, 2019 and January 31, 2020
All 12 Bendix campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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- Defect summary
c2529d40 - Consequence
b2a869e3 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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