WE HAVE HAD EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURES ON OUR FREIGHTLINER BUSES WHICH SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I DISCUSSED WITH MR. BRIDGES 864-206-8790 AT FREIGHTLINER. HE SEEMED TO BE LOOKING FOR REASONS TO BLAME OUR CENTRAL MAINTENANCE DIVISION FOR THE FAILURES. HE SAID THAT THEY HAD SENT INSTRUCTIONS TO CM ON HOW TO PROPERLY ADJUST THE CABLES AT INSTALLATION. I EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS GOOD THAT WE NOW HAD THE INSTRUCTIONS (WE HAD ALREADY INSTALLED THREE DUE TO FAILURES) BUT I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THE CABLES HAD NEVER BEEN ADJUSTED IN CM AND IF THERE WHERE ANY INCORRECT ADJUSTMENTS THEY HAD TO HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE FACTORY PRIOR TO DELIVERY AND THE FAILURES HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH CM. I WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT WE PURCHASED THREE (3) 2003 FREIGHTLINERS 7/15/03 APPROX. SIXTEEN MONTHS FROM THAT DATE THE CABLE FAILED ON BUS 612 ON 11/6/04 AND ON 1/7/05 THERE WAS A FAILURE ON BUS 611. THEN ON 3/3/05 THE CABLE FAILED ON BUS 614 AT THE GERBES SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT AND IT ROLLED OF AND HIT A PARKED CAR. HE DID NOT SEEM TO WANT TO GRASP THE FACT THAT AFTER 16 MONTHS WE STARTED TO HAVE FAILURES ON THIS GROUP OF BUSES THAT THE PROBABILITY OF HAVING FAILURES AFTER THE SAME PERIOD WAS POSSIBLE ON THE 5 FREIGHTLINERS PURCHASED 11/2/04 AFTER 16 OR SO MONTHS HAVE PAST. (THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME EMERGENCY BRAKE ASSEMBLY) THE NEXT STATEMENT THAT HE MADE ALARMED ME. HE SAID THAT MAYBE THE BEND WAS TOO GREAT ON THE CABLE AND CO