NHTSA campaign 05V437000
Northwood Recall 05V-437: RIM/TREDIT
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 05V437000 was reported by NORTHWOOD MFG OF VA on September 27, 2005, with 53 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Northwood Desert Fox and Northwood Fox for the 2005 model year. Owners were notified on October 5, 2005, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V437000 (also written 05V-437 or 05V437)
- Filed by
- NORTHWOOD MFG OF VA
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 53 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Wheels — Rim
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V437000. 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.
Northwood
Northwood Desert Fox
- 2005 · Vehicles built April 8, 2005 – July 1, 2005 (per NHTSA)
Northwood Fox
- 2005 · Vehicles built April 8, 2005 – July 1, 2005 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V437000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN TRAVEL 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
NORTHWOOD IS WORKING WITH TREDIT TIRE TO NOTIFY OWNERS AND HAVE THE WHEELS REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 5, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NORTHWOOD AT 1-540-542-6140.
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 05V437000
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.