Service brakes, air: drum: drum (Rockwell)
Vehicle equipment recall 88E-009. NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Apr 8, 1988.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Apr 8, 1988. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
THIS INCREASED DUTY CYCLE HAS CAUSED PREMATURE COMPONENTFAILURE OF THE BRAKE DRUMS DUE TO CRACKING AND BREAKING. THIS COULD RESULT INA RISK TO TRAFFIC SAFETY.
ORIGINAL SPECIFIED REAR BRAKE DRUMS ARE INADEQUATE IN STRENGTH FOR BRAKE LOADS BEING IMPOSED ON THESE DRUMS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: drum: drum.
What should you do?
REPLACEMENT OF REAR BRAKE DRUMS, REAR SPRING BRAKE CHAMBERS AND THE FRONT SERVICE CHAMBERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: HEAVY TRUCKS.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 761 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rockwell RockwellBuilt from Jan 1, 1977 to Jan 1, 1988
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- 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 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.