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Cheetah Chassis Corporation these trailers are equipped with certain Bendix SR5 spring brake valves which may have been improperly machined which could cause a delay of application of the spring brakes while parking.

NHTSA campaign 16V-474 · Reported June 28, 2016 · 289 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Cheetah Chassis Corporation
VEHICLES AFFECTED
289
REMEDY
Cheetah will contact owners and provide a remedy kit, complete with instructions, to repair any affected SR-5 trailer relay valves, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Cheetah Chassis Corporation reported a problem with the parking brake. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

These trailers are equipped with certain Bendix SR5 spring brake valves which may have been improperly machined which could cause a delay of application of the spring brakes while parking.

WHY IT MATTERS

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.

WHAT TO DO

Cheetah will contact owners and provide a remedy kit, complete with instructions, to repair any affected SR-5 trailer relay valves, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 16V-474.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 16V-474

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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