Owners/operators of Mercedes-Benz Axors built between January 2004 and December 2005are at risk of fire, due to heavy corrosion in the interior of the starter motor that may develop following frequent starting procedures or very high mileages – resulting in damage to the starter wiring harness routed below the choke housing.
Mercedes-Benz Axors built between January 2008 and December 2009 are at risk of wheel detachments: wheel studs on Hendrickson axles fitted with 17.5 inch wheels were...
Sprinters built between January 2006 and December 2008 are at risk of fire, due to the fleece filter insert of the engine oil separator becoming obstructed with dirt particles. An increase in pressure within the crankcase may occur with the result that oil could escape onto hot engine parts.
VOSA ProhibitionsSome MAN Truck TGA, TGS and TGX are subject to inadvertent application of the parking brake, having been fitted with faulty Voss air distributor check valves, which do not afford reliable protection to the prime mover parking brake system, if the trailer air supply lines becoming holed or torn away., resulting in rear wheel lock.
VOSA ProhibitionsOwners and operators of DAF FTPCF85, FTPXF95 and FTPXF105 vehicles are warned that wheel bearings fitted to the second axle may fail, due to repairs carried out on the hub seals, where the bearings have not been replaced. Advice is to recall the vehicles and replace the full set of wheel bearings.
VOSA Prohibitions
There could be a revolution in the trailer leg market, thanks to the launch of an innovative technology from Jemison.
Trailer Equipment
Animal feedstuffs producer and distributor Wheyfeed has taken delivery of four new Scania tractor units, equipped with specially-developed fifth wheel couplings, designed, manufactured and fitted by JOST-GB.
Couplings
More than 50 hybrid electric drive systems, designed to power double-decker buses in Oxford and Manchester, have been delivered to Alexander Dennis (ADL) by BAE Systems.
Transmissions
Packaged salads producer Vitacress says that Castell's drive-away prevention system Salvo is working to protect warehouse staff at its Amesbury facility.
Couplings
Edinburgh and the Lothians-based bus operator Lothian Buses signed the first Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) contract in Scotland last week.
Bus & Coach
Les Hughes & Son now boasts a new 6x4 Renault Lander rigid drawbar combination on its fleet, after receiving the machine from Renualt Trucks Midlands.
Heavy Goods Vehicles
Scania reckons it is driving change in the UK truck maintenance industry since going public on its "competitively priced" Fixed Price Repairs programme.
Repair & Maintenance
Fairfax Meadow, the catering trade butcher organisation, has replaced its first Iveco Daily AGiles with 15 new Daily models, with the six-speed automatic AGile transmission.
Transmissions