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2004 Emergency One Fire Truck Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Jul 11, 2008
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 Emergency One Fire Truck, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Brakes1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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From owner reports, verbatim

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 EMERGENCY ONE FIRE TRUCK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS TO PREVENT THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM FROM FAILING. ON TWO OCCASIONS, A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND CONCLUDED THAT THE PADS WERE OVERHEATING, WHICH EVENTUALLY CAUSED THEM TO CRACK. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THE WAY THE PADS WERE SEATED (METAL RUBBING AGAINST THE PADS AND ROTORS) CAUSED THEM TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT HAS COPIES OF THE REPAIR HISTORY FOR THE SERVICE BRAKE ASSEMBLY. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST NOR WILL THEY SEND A TECHNICIAN TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE STATION IN WHICH HE IS EMPLOYED OWNS FOUR OF THE 2004 EMERGENCY ONE FIRE TRUCKS. ALL OF THEM ARE EXHIBITING THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

NHTSA ID 10233978 · filed Jul 11, 2008

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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Data sources

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