| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 15215 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: SUPERIOR |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007895000073655000000348 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: 13-1311 | Model Year: 9999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 96E012000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES | Manufacturer That Filed Report: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTL |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Sep, 01 1995 | End date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1996 |
| Report For : E | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 22000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : May, 22 1996 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : SHELLER-GLOBE CORPORATION | Report Received Date: May, 17 1996 |
| Record Creation date : May, 21 1996 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Certain square-shaped "u" bolts used with these lift/lowering kits and lift/lowering blocks can break during installation when torqued to the manufacturer's specifications. | Consequence Summary: A break in one of the two parallel "u" bolts will cause excess vibration and could also cause the axle to shift. if both "u" bolts break on one side, the axle will shift causing the tire/wheel assembly to shift out of position increasing the potential for a vehicle accident. |
| Corrective Summary : Superior will replace all defective lift/lowering kits. | Recall Notes: System: equipment; lift. equipment description: lift/lowering kits used on dodge pickup trucks and toyota 4wd pickup trucks. note: owner notification is expected to begin may 22, 1996. note: owners who do not receive the kit free of charge within a reasonable time, should contact superior at 1-818-781-4973. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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