Nikola Recalls All Tre BEV Trucks In The U.S. Due To Risk Of Unintended Rollaway

Nikola has been pressured to recall each instance of the Tre BEV truck in the US over a problem associated to the park valve module.

The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) has revealed that the Bendix Intellipark Tractor Park Valve Module might intermittently change into caught within the unparked place and will not transition from un-parked to parked when the Park Swap is pulled on the sprint.

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The recall notes that if a driver notices the Intellipark PVM malfunction indications and doesn’t correctly fan down the brakes then it’s attainable that the car might unintentionally transfer, growing the probability of a crash. Nikola says the mechanical elements within the PVM are on the higher restrict of design thresholds and permit for extreme inside air leakage. This inside leakage doesn’t enable stress to construct correctly when the pilot solenoid is activated.

The half in query was provided by Bendix. Nikola first turned conscious of the difficulty on March 16, 2023 and by April 6 had determined that it could be essential to conduct a voluntary recall.

All Nikola Tre BEV fashions manufactured between November 5, 2021 and April 5, 2023 are concerned within the U.S. recall, totaling 364 models. Each house owners and dealerships can be notified of the recall between Could 1 and Could 31. Sellers will exchange the PVM with a corrected half freed from cost.