NHTSA Complaint #11386040 — 2014 DRV ELITE SUITES ALL

DISCOVERED THAT HAD LOST ALL BRAKES ON 2014 DRV 5TH WHEEL TRAILER WHEN EXITING I95 IN NORTH CAROLINA. UPON INVESTIGATION, IDENTIFIED CAUSE BEING A BRAKE LINE HOSE RUBBING ON TIRE WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. (WHEN STOPPED , THE HOSE DID NOT MAKE CONTACT THE TIRE). THE STEEL BRAKE WERE MOUNTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME RAIL AND THE BRAKE LINE HOSE CONNECTION AT CALIPER WAS POSITIONED SO TO CREATE A LOOP NEAR THE TIRE. A REPLACEMENT WHEN EXITING I-95 IN NORTH CAROLINA, DISCOVERED THAT I HAD LOST ALL BRAKES ON 2014 DRV 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. UPON INVESTIGATION, DICOVERED A BRAKE LINE HOSE HAD A RUB-THOUGH FROM RUBBIN ON ADJACENT TIRE, CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE HOSE WOULD CONTACT THE TIRE. AT STOPPED POSITION THE HOSE WOULD NOT CONTACT THE TIRE. THE STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE MOU TED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRAME RAIL. THE HOSE CONNECTION AT THE CALIPER WAS POSITIONED SUCH THAT IT CAUSED A LOOP THAT WAS NEAR THE TIRE. A NEW BRAKE LINE HOSE WAS INSTALLED AVOIDING THE PREVIOUS POSITIONING. SUBSEQUENTLY, ALL BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED/REPOSITIONED INSIDE THE FRAME RAILS. NEW, LONGER, BRAKE LINE HOSES WERE CONNECTED TO NEW BRAKE LINES INSIDE FRAME RAILS. THE NEW, LONGER HOSES ADDRESSED THE FULL AXEL TRAVEL, WHICH THE ORIGINAL HOSES DID NOT.