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2001 Athey M9D Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 27, 2009
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 27, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2001 Athey M9D. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed Oct 27, 2009
Crash reported3 injuries reported

2001 MOBILE ATHEY MECHANICAL STREET SWEEPER HAD A MALFUNCTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSING VEHICLE TO COLLIDE WITH A STOPPED VEHICLE. THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST ON OTHER SWEEPERSOF THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. CONDITION IS A LOSS OF BRAKES WHEN ABS LIGHT IS ON AND VEHICLE SPEED IS GREATER THAN 35 MPH. VEHICLE MANUFACTURER (ATHEY) SOLD OUT TO ELGIN CORP. BRAKE SYSTEM MANUFACTURER (MERITOR, WABCO) HAS BEEN INVOLVED BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WE HAVE DUPLICATED THIS PROBLEM IN CONTROLLED ROAD TESTS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10289968
Incident
Oct 21, 2009
Mileage
119,574 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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