1976 HENDRICKSON HENDRICKSON Recalls (2)
- Campaign:
- 77V123000 on 10/11/1979
- Component:
- Steering:wheel and handle bar
- Affected:
- 79
- Defect:
- The involved vehicles were manufactured using a standard type nut to fasten the steering wheel to the steering column. this nut may not have been tightened to specifications and may back off the steering column as a result. this will allow the steering wheel to disengage from the column.
- Correction:
- Dealer will replace the standard nut with a self-locking nut that will be tightened to specifications, without charge to owner.
- Notes:
- Vehicle description: tractors.system: steering; steering wheel and column assembly.consequences of defect: should separation occur during vehicle operation, lossof vehicle control and an accident could result.
- Campaign:
- 79V253000 on 01/10/1980
- Component:
- Service brakes, air:supply:low pressure warning
- Manufactured:
- 03/31/1973 - 09/30/1978
- Affected:
- 1,246
- Defect:
- The low air pressure switches used on some of the involved vehicles have a manufacturing tolerance that issues a warning only when the pressure drops a few pounds per square inch below 60 psi. as a result, they do not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems".
- Correction:
- If the owner, upon receipt of a post card, indicates a compliance, the dealer will reimburse owner $5.00 for cost of test. if owner indicates a non-compliance, the dealer will send two replacement switches and a check for $5.00 to cover both the system test and switch replacement.
- Notes:
- Vehicle description: trucks, drill rigs, crane carriers, and school buses.system: service brakes; air pressure warning switches.consequences of defect: if the low air pressure warning switch is not activatedat precisely 60 psi, the driver would not be forewarned of potential loss ofbraking action. this could contribute to a vehicle accident.
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