NHTSA campaign 03V170000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Best Trailer Corporation: Service Brakes, Air › Supply › Check Valve

Best Trailer Corporation reported this defect to federal regulators on May 6, 2003 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 52. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

ON CERTAIN TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH SEALCO SPRING BRAKE CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATED IN ARVINMERITOR AXLES, PART NOS. 110700 AND 110800, THERE IS A RECESSED AREA ON TOP OF THE VALVE IN WHICH A BRASS GUIDE PIN FITS DOWN INSIDE THE BODY OF THE VALVE AND IS HELD IN PLACE BY A STEEL SNAP RING. THE RECESSED AREA ALLOWS ACCUMULATION OF WATER, DIRT, AND/OR CHEMICALS TO BUILD UP BEHIND THE SNAP RING TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL NO LONGER CONTAIN THE GUIDE PIN RESULTING IN A FAILURE OF THE AIR VALVE.

The risk

FAILURE OF THE VALVE IN AN EMPTY OR LIGHTLY LOADED TRAILER WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION COULD RESULT IN A HARD APPLICATION OF THE SPRING BRAKES, POSSIBLY LOCKING UP THE TRAILER WHEELS AND RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

The remedy

SEALCO WILL PROVIDE A REPAIR KIT AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS TO CUSTOMERS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT SEALCO AT 602-253-1007 OR BEST AT 262-626-8481.

116 model years covered

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Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls
2002 Best GN50K	0	1
2002 Best Gndd24kor	0	1
2002 Best Gndd50k3	0	1
2002 Best Gnddtck	0	1
2002 Best GTL50K3	0	1
2002 Best TNT20K	0	1
2002 Best TNT24KD	0	1
2002 Best TNT30K	0	1
2002 Best TNT30KFD	0	1
2002 Best TNT40K	0	1
2002 Best TNT60K3	0	1
2002 Best TPS24K	0	1
2002 Best TTL24K	0	1
2002 Best TTL30K	0	1
2002 Best TTL40K	0	1
2002 Best TTL44K	0	1
2002 Best TTL50K3	0	1
2002 Best TTL60K3	0	1
2001 Best CFP20T	0	1
2001 Best CFP2573	0	1
2001 Best CHP20TPS	0	1
2001 Best CHP2573PS	0	1
2001 Best GHP25T	0	1
2001 Best GN50K	0	1
2001 Best Gndd24kor	0	1
2001 Best Gndd50k3	0	1
2001 Best Gnddtck	0	1
2001 Best GTL50K3	0	1
2001 Best TNT20K	0	1
2001 Best TNT24KD	0	1
2001 Best TNT30K	0	1
2001 Best TNT30KFD	0	1
2001 Best TNT40K	0	1
2001 Best TNT60K3	0	1
2001 Best TPS24K	0	1
2001 Best TTL24K	0	1
2001 Best TTL30K	0	1
2001 Best TTL40K	0	1
2001 Best TTL44K	0	1
2001 Best TTL50K3	0	1
2001 Best TTL60K3	0	1
2000 Best CFP20T	0	1
2000 Best CFP2573	0	1
2000 Best CHP20TPS	0	1
2000 Best CHP2573PS	0	1
2000 Best GHP25T	0	1
2000 Best GN50K	0	1
2000 Best Gndd24kor	0	1
2000 Best Gndd50k3	0	1
2000 Best Gnddtck	0	1
2000 Best GTL50K3	0	1
2000 Best TNT20K	0	1
2000 Best TNT24KD	0	1
2000 Best TNT30K	0	1
2000 Best TNT30KFD	0	1
2000 Best TNT40K	0	1
2000 Best TNT60K3	0	1
2000 Best TPS24K	0	1
2000 Best TTL24K	0	1
2000 Best TTL30K	0	1
2000 Best TTL40K	0	1
2000 Best TTL44K	0	1
2000 Best TTL50K3	0	1
2000 Best TTL60K3	0	1
1999 Best CFP20T	0	1
1999 Best CFP2573	0	1
1999 Best CHP20TPS	0	1
1999 Best CHP2573PS	0	1
1999 Best GHP25T	0	1
1999 Best GN50K	0	1
1999 Best Gndd24kor	0	1
1999 Best Gndd50k3	0	1
1999 Best Gnddtck	0	1
1999 Best GTL50K3	0	1
1999 Best TBT10X	0	1
1999 Best TBT20	0	1
1999 Best TNT20K	0	1
1999 Best TNT24KD	0	1
1999 Best TNT30K	0	1
1999 Best TNT30KFD	0	1
1999 Best TNT40K	0	1
1999 Best TNT60K3	0	1
1999 Best TPS24K	0	1
1999 Best TT20	0	1
1999 Best TTL24K	0	1
1999 Best TTL30K	0	1
1999 Best TTL40K	0	1
1999 Best TTL44K	0	1
1999 Best TTL50K3	0	1
1999 Best TTL60K3	0	1
1998 Best CFP20T	0	1
1998 Best CFP2573	0	1
1998 Best CHP20TPS	0	1
1998 Best CHP2573PS	0	1
1998 Best GHP25T	0	1
1998 Best GN50K	0	1
1998 Best Gndd24kor	0	1
1998 Best Gndd50k3	0	1
1998 Best Gnddtck	0	1
1998 Best GTL50K3	0	1
1998 Best TBT10X	0	1
1998 Best TBT20	0	1
1998 Best TNT20K	0	1
1998 Best TNT24KD	0	1
1998 Best TNT30K	0	1
1998 Best TNT30KFD	0	1
1998 Best TNT40K	0	1
1998 Best TNT60K3	0	1
1998 Best TPS24K	0	1
1998 Best TT20	0	1
1998 Best TTL24K	0	1
1998 Best TTL30K	0	1
1998 Best TTL40K	0	1
1998 Best TTL44K	0	1
1998 Best TTL50K3	0	1
1998 Best TTL60K3	1	1

What this page is, and what to do next

A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.

This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 03V170000.

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