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NHTSA recall 06V132000

Electrical System · Damon Corporation

April 24, 2006report date
1,705units affected
Vehicle recalltype
Details

What's wrong: Certain motor homes built on workhorse chassis and equipped with actia corporate instrument clusters fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard no. 101, "controls and displays" and no. 105, "hydraulic and electric brake systems." If the brake fail input falls below a voltage of 1.5v, the brake failure lamp and alarm will be activated. Also activation of the ABS telltale when the…

Why it matters: At night the instrument cluster lights may fail and the driver may not be able to see the instrument panel gauges and the brake warning light indicator which could increasing the risk of a crash.

The fix: Damon is working with workhorse to contact the owners and remedy this campaign . Workhorse will reprogram the instrument panel cluster free of charge.

Affected vehicles on MotorDeets

All model years NHTSA lists

2003 Damon Challenger, 2004 Damon Challenger, 2005 Damon Challenger, 2003 Damon Daybreak, 2004 Damon Daybreak, 2005 Damon Daybreak, 2003 Damon Intruder, 2004 Damon Intruder, 2005 Damon Intruder.

Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 06V132000.

Source: NHTSA recall records. Summary shortened; the official notice has the full text.