Ford Motor Company: Service Brakes, Air › Supply › Low Pressure Warning › Switch
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 15, 1996 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 500. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE AIR BRAKE SYSTEM WAS MANUFACTURED HAVING AIR BRAKE PRESSURE RELEASE TIMES OF APPROXIMATELY 1.5 SECONDS. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 121, "AIR BRAKE SYSTEMS."
The risk
THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN SLIGHT TRAILER BRAKE DRAG AND TIRE SCUFFING INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A QUICK RELEASE VALVE IN THE AIR PRESSURE RELEASE SYSTEMS.
4 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Ford Aeromax | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 Ford Louisville | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 Ford Aeromax | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 Ford Louisville | 0 | 1 | 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 96V200000.
Full record for the 1997 Ford Aeromax → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →