NHTSA campaign 05V371000
Atlas Recall 05V-371: WHEEL CRACKS/RFD
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 05V371000 was reported by JOHN H. ENTERPRISE, INC. on August 29, 2005, with 45 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Atlas Trailer for the 2005 model year.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V371000 (also written 05V-371 or 05V371)
- Filed by
- JOHN H. ENTERPRISE, INC.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 45 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Wheels
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V371000. 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.
Atlas
Atlas Trailer
- 2005 · Vehicles built February 10, 2005 – March 10, 2005 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V371000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN ENCLOSED CARGO TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH RFD WHEELS, THERE IS A DEFECTIVE WELD OF THE WHEEL'S CENTER HUB TO THE WHEEL'S RIM.
Safety consequence
THIS COULD RESULT IN A WHEEL SEPARATION INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
JOHN H. ENTERPRISE/ATLAS SPECIALTY IS WORKING WITH RFD AND RFD IS CONDUCTING THE OWNER NOTIFICATION AND WILL REPLACE THE WHEELS ON AFFECTED TRAILERS. OWNERS MAY CONTACT RFD COMPONENTS AT 574-295-3939 OR JOHN H. ENTERPRISE/ATLAS SPECIALTY AT 1-574-293-6008.
Notes
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 05V371000
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.