NHTSA campaign 05V391000

Newmar Recall 05V-391: RIM/TREDIT

NHTSA recall 05V391000 was reported by NEWMAR CORPORATION on September 8, 2005, with 6 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Newmar Kountry Star and Newmar Mountain Aire for model years 2002–2003. Owners were notified on October 17, 2005, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 05V391000 (also written 05V-391 or 05V391)
Filed by: NEWMAR CORPORATION
Report received: September 8, 2005
Potentially affected: 6 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Wheels — Rim
Owners notified: October 17, 2005

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V391000. 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.

Newmar

Newmar Kountry Star
- 2002, 2003
Newmar Mountain Aire
- 2002

All Newmar recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V391000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH TREDIT WHEELS, THE RIMS MAY HAVE POOR WELD QUALITY AND INSUFFICIENT PRESS FIT BETWEEN THE WHEEL RIM AND DISC.

Safety consequence

THE CENTER OF THE WHEEL COULD SEPARATE FROM THE RIM. THE WHEEL MAY WOBBLE AND CAUSE A VIBRATION OR THE MOUNTED TIRE COULD LOSE AIR CAUSING THE TIRE TO GO FLAT, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

NEWMAR IS WORKING WITH TREDIT TIRE TO NOTIFY OWNERS AND HAVE THE RIMS REPLACED. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 17, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NEWMAR AT 1-574-773-7791.

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 05V391000

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.