Vehicle report

1986 FWD FIRE APPARATUS

Defect investigations

1 action

PE88067 · PE

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Investigation

SUMMARY:RECENT ROCKWELL DEFECT REPORT IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS:A: INSUFFICIENT AIR PRESSURE DUE TO INADEQUATE AIR COMPRESSOR CAPACITY;B: AIR HORN PLUMBED INTO AIR SYSTEM WITHOUT PRESSURE PROTECTION VALVE;C: BRAKE IMBALANCE CAUSED BY BRAKE PROPORTIONING VALVES WHICH REDUCE FRONT AXLE BRAKE LINE PRESSURETHE PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED ABOVE MAY RESULT IN HEAT CHECKING ANDCRACKING OF THE REAR DRUMS.

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.