Meritor Service Brakes, Air: Caliper

Meritor is recalling about 198 vehicles over a problem with the service brakes, air. If the drive pin becomes fully fractured, the vehicle may pull to one side while braking, causing a loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of crash.

Campaign
19E015000
Manufacturer
Meritor, Inc.
Reported
25 February 2019
Vehicles
198
Built between
Jul 2018 – Dec 2018
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 March 2019
Repaired
89%
Unrepaired
22

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2018 and December 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Meritor OP Staft SUB AssemblyBuilt July 2018 to December 2018

Repair progress

22 of 198 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2020.

89% repaired — 176 of 198 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Meritor, Inc. (Meritor) is recalling certain Op Shaft subassemblies, part number 68324870, used in Meritor EX225 disc brake calipers. The drive pins may have been cracked during assembly possibly resulting in the pins fully fracturing.

What could happen

If the drive pin becomes fully fractured, the vehicle may pull to one side while braking, causing a loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of crash.

What gets fixed

Meritor has notified the purchasers of the affected Meritor EX225 disc brake calipers, and those dealers will inspect and replace the brake calipers, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 18, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2018 to December 2018
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA25 February 2019
  3. Owners notified18 March 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2020 — 89% repaired

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 25 February 2019.

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 may contact Meritor customer service at 1-866-668-7221. Meritor's number for this recall is C19AA.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
C19AA
Recalling manufacturer
Meritor, Inc.
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

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

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.

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