# Service bulletin RSB 456

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10084021
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-11\-07
- Manufacturer's number: RSB 456
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-08\-18
- NHTSA component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL; SERVICE BRAKES

## NHTSA's summary

DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN SPECIFIC MOTOR HOMES BUILT ON FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS AND IN RESPONSE NEWMAR IS PUBLISHING RECALL NHTSA\# 16V 478 TC\# 2016\-325. ON CERTAIN MOTORHOMES, WHEN THE THROTTLE PEDAL IS RELEASED, THE ASSOCIATED PEDAL SENSOR MAY NOT RETURN TO ZERO, CAUSING THE ENGINE BRAKE TO POTENTIALLY NOT ACTIVATE AS EXPECTED. A SUDDEN LOSS OF AN ENGINE BRAKE, WITHOUT WARNING ON A MOTORHOME, MAY LEAD TO A REDUCED BRAKE CAPACITY POTENTIALLY INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Brakes, Throttle and cruise control

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2016 NEWMAR DUTCH STAR
- 2015 to 2016 NEWMAR LONDON AIRE
- 2015 to 2016 NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE

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