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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 6, 2025

15% of Trucks Put Out of Service During 2025 Brake Safety Week

During Brake Safety Week, commercial vehicle inspectors put 15% of vehicles inspected out of service for brake violations.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 19, 2024

Brake Safety Week 2024 Tips from Bendix

Bendix has issued preparation tips for North American fleets as Brake Safety Week 2024 draws near.

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Brake lining showing corrosion
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 30, 2024

What Will CVSA's Brake Safety Week Focus on for 2024?

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced it will hold its 2024 Brake Safety Week August 25-31.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 23, 2023

12.6% of Inspected Vehicles Removed from Service During CVSA Brake Safety Week

Inspectors in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. conducted 18,875 commercial motor vehicle inspections during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week, Aug. 20-26, and found 2,375 vehicles had brake-related out-of-service violations.

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Articlesby Jim ParkJuly 13, 2023

How to Measure and Improve Your Truck Brake Maintenance Program

Old paradigms for brake component life expectancy and preventive maintenance intervals have changed, thanks to corrosion, parts costs, and the shortage of certified brake technicians.

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Articlesby Jim ParkJuly 12, 2023

Brake Maintenance, Done Right

The idea of doing brake maintenance the right way could take many forms, but the ultimate proof of a successful approach to maintenance would be minimizing the number of unscheduled repairs between regularly scheduled preventive maintenance intervals.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 13, 2023

CVSA Brake Safety Week is Underway

During Brake Safety Week Aug. 20-26, commercial vehicle inspectors will focus on brake lining/pad violations.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 25, 2023

Brake Issues Put 11% of CMVs Out of Service in CVSA Brake Safety Day

Inspectors found brake-related critical vehicle inspection items on 11.3% of the vehicles checked during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Day, resulting in 773 commercial vehicles placed out of service.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2022

Brake Safety Week: Most Trucks Had No OOS Violations

Of the 38,117 inspections of commercial motor vehicles during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week, 13% were placed out of service for brake-related violations.

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PodcastsAugust 25, 2022

Are Your Brakes Ready for CVSA's Brake Safety Week? [Podcast]

CVSA’s Will Schaefer and HDT’s Jim Park dig into the reasons for the fairly consistent brake out-of-service rates and how inspectors manage to uncover brake defects that seen to elude drivers and technicians.

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