Double K Inc.: Service Brakes, Air › Disc › Caliper
Double K Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 11, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 5. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Double K, Inc is recalling certain 2017-2019 Hometown Trolley Villager, Mainstreet, and Streetcar trackless trolley buses, built on a Daimler trucks North America (DTNA) Freightliner chassis equipped with air disc brakes. The brake caliper mounting bolts on these vehicles may be insufficiently tightened, allowing the bolts to loosen.
The risk
Loose brake caliper mounting bolts can reduce brake effectiveness, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Double K will notify owners, instructing them to contact a DTNA dealer to have the brake caliper mounting bolts checked and tightened, free of charge. The recall began April 5, 2019. Owners may contact Double K customer service at 1-715-478-5095 or DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. Double K's number for this recall is F772A-K.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Hometown Trolley Mainstreet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Hometown Trolley Streetcar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Hometown Trolley Villager | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Hometown Trolley Mainstreet | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Hometown Trolley Streetcar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Hometown Trolley Villager | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Hometown Trolley Mainstreet | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Hometown Trolley Streetcar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Hometown Trolley Villager | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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 19V030000.
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