FIRE TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED WITH THE WRONG BRAKE PARTS ON THE REAR AXLE. AXLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH THE INCORRECT BRAKE PADS AND INCORRECT S-CAM ROLLERS. THIS RESULTED IN OVERHEATED FRONT BRAKES AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROBLEMS DUE TO THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE NOT WORKING AND THE LEFT REAR BRAKE ONLY CAPABLE OF HALF APPLICATION.BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE AGE ( ONE YEAR OUT OF WARRANTY) THE FIRE DISTRICT ASSIGNED THE BRAKE PROBLEM TO ITS FLEET MECHANIC. WHEN HE DISCOVERED REASON FOR THE PROBLEM (POOR BRAKING) HE CONTACTED A ARVIN MERITOR REPAIR CENTER ( FLEET PRIDE, MENANDS, NY) AND HE ALSO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURE DIRECTLY ASKING FOR GUIDANCE AND AN OFFER OF WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTED OUR FLEET MECHANIC TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO FLEET PRIDE. FLEET PRIDE CONTACTED THE BRAKE MANUFACTURER AND COMPLETED THE TROUBLE SHOOTING STEPS REQUESTED. AT NO TIME WAS FLEET PRIDE INSTRUCTED TO DISASSEMBLE THE VEHICLE FOR A VISUAL INSPECTION. ARVINMERITOR INSTRUCTED THE REPAIR CENTER BY PHONE THAT THEY FELT THERE IS NOT A BRAKE PROBLEM AND RETURN THE TRUCK TO SERVICE. CLARK BOYER, AVERILL PARK FIRE DISTRICT, DISTRICT MANAGER, WAS SUMMONED TO THE FLEET MECHANICS FACILITY TO VISUALLY INSPECT THE BRAKE PARTS. CLARK FOUND OVERHEATED FRONT BRAKE DRUMS AND CRACKED FRONT BRAKE SHOES. REASON, THE FRONT BRAKES ARE TRYING TO DO ALL THE STOPPING. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE SHOWED LITTLE TO NO WEAR INDICATING IT SELDOM WORKS, THE LEFT REAR SHOWED EVIDENCE OF BRAKING BUT THE BRAKE NEEDED APPROXIMATELY 50% OF ITS BRAKE T
2007 American Lafrance Fire Truck
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, air. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Air | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsService Brakes, Air
Filed Aug 17, 20104,722 milesNY
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2007Reading 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.