9999 BENDIX EC-17-1030R ECU Recall

Campaign:: 00E041001 on 11/27/2000
Component:: Service brakes, air:antilock:wheel speed sensor
Manufactured:: 10/31/1997 - 08/30/2000
Affected:: 10,822
Defect:: Equipment description: bendix abs electronic control unit (ecu) sensor wires, part no. ec-17-1030r sold as service parts. there have been reports of unwanted temporary abs activation at low speeds caused by 1) chafed abs wheel speed sensor wires on rotating parts or 2) a damaged component at the wheel end that generates a certain type of erratic sensor signal.
Consequence:: This condition could cause the air abs ecu to exhaust the air at the air brake modulators for one or more of the wheels.
Correction:: Bendix has notified its distributors/dealers and will provide a replacement ecu assembly free of charge.
Notes:: Notification to distributors/dealers began may 15, 2001. owners who do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact bendix customer service at 1-800-478-1793. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

9999 BENDIX EC-17-1030R ECU TSB

Bulletin:: SM-1502
Component:: 350000 equipment
Summary:: Blue bird: available now, are new ec 80 abs/atc controllers and remote diagnostic unit (rdu) tool is updated and backward compatible with other electronic control units (ecus). *pe