Item Affected: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
Date Announced: 12/29/1975
Description of Recall:
Conequence:
Action Need To Fix It:
Notes: FORD TRUCK CAMPAIGN NO 180. TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH EATON ANTI-LOCK BRAKECONTROLLERS. POSSIBILITY THAT THE AIR BRAKES SYSTEM WHICH INCORPORATES ANEATON ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROLLER MAY ABSORB RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY RADIATEDFROM AN IN-CAB RADIO TRANSMITTER. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, IT COULD INTERFERE WITHTHE CONTROLLER LOGIC CIRCUITRY. FRONT AXLE AIR PRESSURE WOULD BE RELEASED FORTHE PERIOD THAT THE IN-CAB TRANSMITTER IS ACTIVATED. OPERATION OF THE REARBRAKES, HOWEVER, WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED. (CORRECTION TO THE ANTI-LOCKCONTROLLER IS BEING DEVELOPED. IN THE MEAN-TIME OWNER OF AFFECTED VEHICLESWILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE INTERFERENCE CONDITION. )
Item Affected: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
Date Announced: 12/29/1975
Description of Recall:
Conequence:
Action Need To Fix It:
Notes: FORD TRUCK CAMPAIGN NO 180. TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH EATON ANTI-LOCK BRAKECONTROLLERS. POSSIBILITY THAT THE AIR BRAKES SYSTEM WHICH INCORPORATES ANEATON ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROLLER MAY ABSORB RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY RADIATEDFROM AN IN-CAB RADIO TRANSMITTER. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, IT COULD INTERFERE WITHTHE CONTROLLER LOGIC CIRCUITRY. FRONT AXLE AIR PRESSURE WOULD BE RELEASED FORTHE PERIOD THAT THE IN-CAB TRANSMITTER IS ACTIVATED. OPERATION OF THE REARBRAKES, HOWEVER, WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED. (CORRECTION TO THE ANTI-LOCKCONTROLLER IS BEING DEVELOPED. IN THE MEAN-TIME OWNER OF AFFECTED VEHICLESWILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE INTERFERENCE CONDITION. )
