Service Brakes, Hydraulic:pedals And Linkages

NHTSA campaign 11V452000 · announced August 25, 2011 · filed by Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. · 1,960 units affected

The problem

TIFFIN MOTORHOMES IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2011 PHAETON, MY 2008-2010 BUS, AND MY 2010 ALLEGRO MOTORHOMES EQUIPPED WITH KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDALS. THE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDAL ARM MAY LOOSEN ALLOWING THE ARM TO ROTATE AROUND ITS SHAFT AND SWING IN FRONT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, REDUCING BRAKING FUNCTION.

The risk

A LOOSE BRAKE PEDAL INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.

What to do

DAMILER TRUCKS (DTNA) IS PERFORMING RECALL REPAIRS AND NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS. THE OWNERS WERE INITIALLY NOTIFIED BY DTNA TRUCKS ON DECEMBER 22, 2009, AND A FOLLOW UP NOTICE WAS MAILED TO OWNERS ON JULY 20, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA WARRANTY CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT 1-800-547-0712 OR TIFFIN MOTORHOMES AT 1-256-356-8661 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Vehicles covered by this recall

• 2010 Tiffin Allegro
• 2008 Tiffin Bus
• 2009 Tiffin Bus
• 2010 Tiffin Bus
• 2007 Tiffin Phaeton
• 2008 Tiffin Phaeton
• 2009 Tiffin Phaeton
• 2010 Tiffin Phaeton
• 2011 Tiffin Phaeton

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public recall data. This page reports official records and is not legal or repair advice.