NHTSA campaign 05V309000 · Keystone campaign 05-055
Keystone Recall 05V-309: ALUMINUM WHEELS
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 05V309000 (Keystone campaign 05-055) was reported by KEYSTONE RV COMPANY on July 6, 2005, with 2,668 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Keystone Everest and Keystone Montana for model years 2004–2005. Owners were notified on September 7, 2005, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V309000 (also written 05V-309 or 05V309)
- Filed by
- KEYSTONE RV COMPANY
- Keystone campaign number
- 05-055
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 2,668 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Wheels
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Engineering Analysis EA04-032 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V309000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Keystone
Keystone Everest
Keystone Montana
- 2004 · Vehicles built May 1, 2003 – April 30, 2004 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V309000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH 16", 6-BOLT ALUMINUM WHEEL OPTION WITH 5.5" BOLT CIRCLES, FOREIGN MATERIAL MAY BE PRESENT IN THE 'CLAMP JOINT' (MATING SURFACE BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND HUB FACE. THIS CAN HINDER THE PROPER TORQUE OF THE LUG NUTS IF THE NUTS ARE NOT INSTALLED WITH THE PROPER TORQUE DURING MANUFACTURE, RE-TIGHTENED DURING THE INITIAL 'SEATING IN' PERIOD AND/OR THERE IS A FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES.
Safety consequence
IF THE LUG NUTS DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TORQUE, THE WHEEL COULD SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL REMOVE ALL PAINT AND FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM THE WHEEL AND HUB MATING SURFACE. THEN THE LUG NUTS WILL BE PROPERLY TORQUED. THE RECALL BEGAN SEPTEMBER 7, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT KEYSTONE AT 1-574-535-2100.
Notes
KEYSTONE RECALL NO. 05-055. CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V309000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.