Haldex equipment query EQ15006
Improperly Seated Brake Diaphragm. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this equipment query about the service brakes, air. Opened Dec 7, 2015, closed Mar 30, 2017 after 16 months. It led to safety recall 16E004000, 16V019000, 16V025000, 16V399000, 16V470000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedIn a part 573 Safety Recall Report dated March 4, 2015, Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems notified NHTSA that it decided that a defect exists in certain Type 30/30 Long Stroke Haldex Life Seal Actuators manufactured from December 17, 2013 to February 18, 2015. The affected actuators are equipped with an incomplete attachment of the internal rubber diaphragm to the actuation mechanism of the parking brake section of the Life Seal Actuator. If the brakes drag or overheat it may result in smoke or thermal damage to the vehicle and/or chassis components. On December 7, 2015 the Office of defects Investigation opened Equipment Query, EQ15-006, in order to obtain Haldex's customer list and to contact the companies that purchased the defective actuators, notify them of the defect, and ensure thorough safety recalls are conducted where appropriate. Eighteen Information Request letters were sent out on May 3, 2016, to each corresponding company requesting a safety recall decision be made, the requisite notice filed, and recall campaign conducted where appropriate. As a result, the following five companies have filed defect reports and are conducting safety recalls:?Meritor, Inc. (16E-004) ?John Evans Mfg. (16V-470) ?West-Mark (16V-399) ?Vanguard National Trailer Company (16V-025) ?Western Trailer Company (16V-019)The following six companies have provided written statements that they were not manufacturers, did not receive, and/or did not sell any products containing the defective actuators to costumers in the USA:?Schnure Manufacturing Company, Inc.?Bud's Spring & Suspension Service ?Aurora Parts & Accessories ?Westmor Industries, LLC ?Stoughton Trailers, LLC ?Mac TrailerThe following six companies were included in recalls prior to the opening of the EQ:?Holland Binkely Company (15V-017) ?New Life Transport Parts (15V-017) ?Westport Trailers (15V-026) ?Hendrickson (15V-017) ?Fenix Forwarding Inc. (15V-166) ?Gonzales de Castilla-Camiones y Motores (14V-808)The remaining company did not respond and was unable to be reached. They will be referred to Chief Counsel: ?Pratt Industries All vehicle and motor vehicle equipment manufacturers have been identified and have either filed recall reports and are conducting recalls, or have provided responses explaining why they are not conducting recalls. Accordingly, this equipment query investigation is closed.
A Equipment Query is a query about a piece of equipment — a component, a tire, a child seat — rather than a whole vehicle. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themNHTSA filed this action against Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems without naming a model year — an equipment or manufacturer-level query.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs EQ15006 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 16E004000, 16V019000, 16V025000, 16V399000, 16V470000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is EQ15006 still open?
No. It closed on Mar 30, 2017 and led to recall 16E004000, 16V019000, 16V025000, 16V399000, 16V470000.
Which vehicles does EQ15006 cover?
NHTSA filed it against Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems without naming a model year.