SUBJECT: DISCREPANT TRACTOR TO TRAILER AIR HOSES MANUFACTURE BY PHILLIP INDUSTRIES. DISCREPANCY: PHILLIP INDUSTRIES AIR HOSES ASSEMBLED WITH NON-PERMANENTLY END FITTINGS FOR EMERGENCY AND SERVICE DO NOT HAVE A PROPER CONNECTION. ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED AT THE PORT OF ENTRY AT BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS AND MATAMOROS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO HAS REVEALED THAT CMV EQUIPPED WITH AIR SUPPLY HOSES IDENTIFIED BY MANUFACTURE NAME PHILLIP INDUSTRIES REFERENCE PART NUMBER 11-312 ARE DISCREPANT. THE END FITTINGS USED TO ASSEMBLE THE GLAD HAND SIDE AND THE PERMANENT CONNECTION AT THE TRACTOR PROTECTION VALVE HAVE REVEALED THAT THE BRASS FITTING ARE IMPROPERLY JOINED BY SLIDING THE HOSE END OVER BRASS END PIECE. THE FMVSS 571-106 (S7.1) CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EACH AIR BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLY TO BE EQUIPPED WITH PERMANENTLY ATTACHED BRAKE HOSE END FITTINGS OR REUSABLE BRAKE HOSE END FITTINGS. PLUS THE NORTH AMERICAN STANDARD OUT-SERVICE CRITERIA HANDBOOK REFERENCE UNDER SECTION FOR BRAKE HOSE/TUBING STATES THAT; IMPROPERLY JOINED SUCH AS A SPLICE MADE BY SLIDING THE HOSE ENDS OVER A PIECE OF TUBING AND CLAMPING THE HOSE TO THE TUBE. (393.45(A) IS OUT OF SERVICE CONDITION. NOTE: PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR
2014 Air Supply Hoses 11-312
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, air › supply › hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Air › Supply › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filings1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.