{"nhtsa_id":10086594,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-12-19","date":"2016-05-31","document_id":"TSB 454","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES","mfr_system":null,"summary":"NEWMAR CORPORATION HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN SPECIFIC MOTORHOMES. THIS RECALL IS THE RESULT OF INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US BY DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA LLC. NHTSA#16V 252, TC#2016-205 ON CERTAIN FREIGHTLINER BRAND MOTORHOME CHASSIS BUILT WITH A HEAVIER ADJUSTABLE FOOT PEDAL, THE BRAKE ACTIVATION SIGNAL TO CERTAIN TOWED DEVICES MAY NOT DEACTIVATE WHEN THE MOTORHOME SERVICE BRAKES ARE RELEASED. IF THE BRAKE ACTIVATION SIGNAL TO A TOWED DEVICE REMAINS ACTIVE WHEN THE MOTORHOME CHASSIS SERVICE BRAKES ARE RELEASED, THE BRAKES ON A TOWED DEVICE MAY REMAIN ENGAGED DEPENDING ON THE BRAKE CONFIGURATION OF THE TRAILER. A TOWED DEVICE WITH INCORRECTLY OPERATING BRAKES COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10086594","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"DUTCH STAR","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"ESSEX","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"KING AIRE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"LONDON AIRE","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"NEWMAR","model":"MOUNTAIN AIRE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}