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NHTSA recall 12V366000

Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Gulf Stream Coach, Inc.

July 30, 2012report date
443units affected
Vehicle recalltype
Details

What's wrong: Gulf stream coach, Inc. (gsc) is recall certain model year 2006 through 2008 crescendo, sun voyager, independence, bounty hunters, and yellowstone class a diesel pusher motor homes built on freightliner custom chassis (fccc) from March 18, 2005, through December 2009. These motorhomes chassis are equipped with bosch hydraulic disc brakes which, when exposed to long periods of time of non-driving, may experience…

Why it matters: Reduced brake performance increases the risk of a crash.

The fix: Fccc will notify owners, and dealers will repair the vehicles, free of charge. An interim letter was mailed by dtna on August 6, 2012.

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All model years NHTSA lists

2006 Gulf Stream Bounty Hunters, 2007 Gulf Stream Bounty Hunters, 2008 Gulf Stream Bounty Hunters, 2009 Gulf Stream Bounty Hunters, 2006 Gulf Stream Crescendo, 2007 Gulf Stream Crescendo, 2008 Gulf Stream Crescendo, 2009 Gulf Stream Crescendo, 2006 Gulf Stream Independence, 2007 Gulf Stream Independence, 2008 Gulf Stream Independence, 2009 Gulf Stream Independence, 2006 Gulf Stream Sun Voyager, 2007 Gulf Stream Sun Voyager, 2008 Gulf Stream Sun Voyager, 2009 Gulf Stream Sun Voyager, 2006 Gulf Stream Yellowstone, 2007 Gulf Stream Yellowstone, 2008 Gulf Stream Yellowstone, 2009 Gulf Stream Yellowstone.

Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 12V366000.

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