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Recall · 20V383000

Hino Motors Sales U.S.A. recalled the HINO NJ8A over service brakes, air

10

Vehicles covered

1

Model

1

Model years

July 1, 2020

Filed with NHTSA

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE

The defect
Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc. (Hino) is recalling certain 2021 NJ8A low-profile heavy trucks equipped with a full air brake system. The Anti-Lock Braking System control unit (ABS ECU) may be programmed with incorrect datasets for the tone ring teeth, causing the anti-lock braking system to mistakenly detect a difference between front and rear wheel rotation speeds resulting in deactivation of the Anti-Lock Braking function. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 121, "Air Brake Systems."
What it can cause
A loss of ABS function can increase the risk of a crash.
What the dealer does
Hino will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the ABS-ECU with the corrected software. The recall began August 25, 2020. Owners may contact Hino customer service at 1-248-699-9390. Hino's number for this recall is AAJS0.
NHTSA's note
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.

Which vehicles

A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .

VehicleModel yearsSafety record
HinoNJ8A2021Not published here

How this campaign compares

At 10 vehicles this is a small campaign: 92% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.

Hino vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, air 3 times before this, most recently in January 2011 as 11V013000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.

The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 22V021000 (service brakes, air), 20V244000 (electrical system).

Check your own car

A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.

Filed by Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc. with NHTSA on July 1, 2020 as campaign 20V383000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.

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