Faulty Antilock Brakes Prompts Recall of 300,000 Trucks, Buses
American manufacturers are recalling 300,000 trucks, buses and emergency service vehicles because of a defect that could cause the brakes to fail.
Vehicles inspected during the recall will be checked for two problems, according to Tom Musgrave, group director for Bendix: Electronic Control Units designated EC-17-1030R and chafed or frayed sensor wires at the wheel ends.
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Some 46,000 of the recalled vehicles are either school or transit buses. The rest are fire and emergency vehicles and trucks in classes 6 through 8.
The recalls cover vehicles produced since 1998 that use antilock air brakes made by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, a division of Honeywell International.
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