TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 EMERGENCY ONE FIRE TRUCK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS TO PREVENT THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM FROM FAILING. ON TWO OCCASIONS, A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND CONCLUDED THAT THE PADS WERE OVERHEATING, WHICH EVENTUALLY CAUSED THEM TO CRACK. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE WAY THE PADS WERE SEATED (METAL RUBBING AGAINST THE PADS AND ROTORS) CAUSED THEM TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT HAS COPIES OF THE REPAIR HISTORY FOR THE SERVICE BRAKE ASSEMBLY. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST NOR WILL THEY SEND A TECHNICIAN TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE STATION IN WHICH HE IS EMPLOYED OWNS FOUR OF THE 2004 EMERGENCY ONE FIRE TRUCKS. ALL OF THEM ARE EXHIBITING THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000.
2004 Emergency One Fire Truck
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsService Brakes, HydraulicFire
Filed Jul 11, 200810,000 milesWA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2004Reading 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.