- Vehicles
- 23,400
- Built between
- Mar 2000 – Oct 2000
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 14 February 2001
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 2000 and October 2000. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Arvinmeritor CAM Brake RollerBuilt March 2000 to October 2000
What the defect is
Equipment description: "w-series" air-actuated brake cam rollers part numbers: 1779-L-116, 1779-X-180, 1779-P-328, 1779-Q-329, 1779-S-331, and 1779-U-593 shipped to customers between march 1 and october 31, 2000. These rollers were installed as original equipment and also sold as replacement parts. The affected brake rollers may fracture if subjected to high application loadings.
What could happen
If one or more of the affected brake rollers fracture, proper brake application could be compromised, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
What gets fixed
ARVINMERITOR WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND AFTERMARKET DISTRIBUTORS TO INSPECT FOR THE AFFECTED BRAKE ROLLERS AND CONTACT THEM FOR REPLACEMENT ROLLERS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 14, 2001.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 2000 to October 2000
- Recall reported to NHTSA31 January 2001
- Owners notified14 February 2001
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 31 January 2001.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact arvinmeritor at 1-859-525-3361.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- ARVINMERITOR
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.