Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: drum: shoes/linings (Rhodes)
Vehicle recall 00V-249-004. NHTSA received RHODES TRAILERS’s report on Nov 27, 2000.
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The short answer
NHTSA received RHODES TRAILERS’s report on Nov 27, 2000. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 27, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: FLATBED AND DUMP TRAILERS.
THESE VEHICLES UTILIZE GUNITE CORPORATION MODEL 2764 CAST STEEL BRAKE DRUMS AND A COMBINATION OF STEEL OR ALUMINUM WHEELS PRODUCED BY OTHER MANUFACTURERS.
THESE DRUMS BEAR DATE CODES BETWEEN “162 99” AND “225 99,” INCLUSIVE.
A STRESS CRACK IN THE METAL ON THE INSIDE BRAKE DRUM FACE DIAMETER CAN OCCUR, RESULTING IN A COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM THE BRAKE DRUM.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: drum: shoes/linings.
What should you do?
DEALERS WILL REPLACE ALL OF THE CAST IRON BRAKE DRUMS. GUNITE WILL CONDUCT AND INSPECTION/REPAIR/REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AT NO CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT GUNITE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 800-677-3786.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN NOVEMBER 10, 2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT RHODES AT 1-304-863-8078 OR GUINITE AT 1-800-553-6691. ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 50 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rhodes SQF2254-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ASML2460-3and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AS2660-4and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AA2460-3and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AS2660-3and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AA2460-4and 1999 and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes SRSMP1760-3and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes SRSML2854-4and 1999 and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AS2460-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AF3970-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ASMP2566-4and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ARSML2460-3and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ARSML2466-3and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ARSMP1960-5and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AS2454-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AS2660-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ASML2466-3and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ASML2566-4and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ASMP19566-5and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ASMP1966-5and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AF2254-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes AQ2254-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ASMP26866-7and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes SAS2454-2and 1999, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes SQF2260-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes SRSML2860-5and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes ARS2254-2and 2000, before the model years listed here
- Rhodes SSML2760-4and 1999, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by RHODES TRAILERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 27, 2026.