| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 14064 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: FORD |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008552000076797000000042 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: F800 | Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V041000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING | Manufacturer That Filed Report: FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 18 1997 | End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 18 1997 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 1600 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Apr, 15 1998 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Ford Motor Company | Report Received Date: Feb, 24 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Feb, 27 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: medium duty trucks and chassis-cabs. an automatic locking front wheel bearing adjusting nut was damaged during installation or removal by incorrect tools or an incorrect torque specification was used. | Consequence Summary: This condition can cause the nut to rotate freely and lose torque. it could rotate until it is no longer connected to the front spindle and allow the front wheel to separate from the vehicle. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the front wheel bearing adjusting nuts with castle nuts and cotter pins. | Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin april 15, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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