| NHTSA Record Id: 2589 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: KENWORTH |
| Recalled Component Id: 000014753000084614000000045 |
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| Model Name: W900 |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 02V061001 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 02KW3 |
| Component Name: SUSPENSION:REAR |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 09 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 22 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 116 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : -- |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : PACCAR Incorporated |
Report Received Date: Feb, 27 2002 |
| Record Creation date : Mar, 05 2002 |
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| Defect Summary : On certain heavy duty trucks equipped with replacement dana spicer tandem drive axle models ds463 and ds521, installed on vehicles from may 1, 2001 through february 1, 2002, an undersized attachment weld may fracture without warning. |
Consequence Summary: The loss of this attachment to the vehicle chassis can adversely affect vehicle handling or driver control. |
| Corrective Summary : Dana is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. the dealers will remove the suspect bracket, inspect the axle housing, and reweld the bracket to the axle housing. 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 dana at 616-567-1088 or kenworth at 425-828-5440. |
Recall Notes: Consumers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236. |
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