| NHTSA Record Id: 5315 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: NEWELL |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011938000081896000000042 |
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| Model Name: MOTOR HOME |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V354000 |
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| Component Name: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: NEWELL COACH CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Nov, 01 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 15 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 55 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Feb, 22 2001 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Newell Coach Corp. |
Report Received Date: Oct, 31 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 31 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana speciality axle ts6 tag axles. hub overload can cause premature bearing failure at between 12,000 and 20,000 miles. |
Consequence Summary: This failure could result in the wheel and tire assembly becoming disconnected from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a revised tag axle suspension arrangement to correct this problem. also, at intervals of 7,500 miles, owners are requested to arrange to have the tag axle wheel bearings replaced at a dealership or call newell to issue authorization to have these bearings changed in a service facility in the field at newell's expense. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began february 22, 2001.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 newell at 1-918-542-3344.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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