Vehicle recall 00V127001 · April 3, 2000
1999-2000 Heil Trailer
Vehicle equipment: petroleum tanker trailers equiped with bendix air brake system air dryers.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Vehicle equipment: petroleum tanker trailers equiped with bendix air brake system air dryers. The retaining bolts for the reed covers on either end of the trailer air dryer may crack causing the bolt heads to come off.
- Consequence
- The air brake system can leak air out from the air dryer causing a low air warning buzzer and eventually the trailer parking brakes coming to full apply or the trailer's parking brakes can engage without prior warning.
- Remedy
- Bendix is conducting the owner notification for this recall. Owners are instructed to contact bendix at 1-800-478-1793 to receive a replacement unit. Bendix will replace the trailer air dryers without charge.
- Notes
- Bendix is conducting the owner notification for this campaign. Owners are instructed to contact bendix at 1-800-478-1793 to receive a replacement unit.if owners do not receive a replacement unit free of charge within a reasonable time should contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-TO-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V127001
- Reported to NHTSA
- April 3, 2000
- Filed by
- HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 6
- Initiated by
- NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation
- Components
- Service brakes, air › Supply › Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Heil Trailer (1999-2000): 2000, 1999
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