NHTSA campaign 06V276000

Airstream Recall 06V-276: AXLE FAILURES/DEXTER

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 06V276000 was reported by AIRSTREAM, INC. on July 12, 2006, with 22 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Airstream Classic for model years 2006–2007.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 06V276000 (also written 06V-276 or 06V276)
Filed by: AIRSTREAM, INC.
Report received: July 12, 2006
Potentially affected: 22 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Service Brakes, Hydraulic

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06V276000. 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.

Airstream

Airstream Classic
- 2006, 2007 · Vehicles built February 1, 2006 – May 31, 2006 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06V276000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN TRAVEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH DEXTER AXLES, THE DISC BRAKE CALIPER MOUNTING BOLTS MAY STRIP. INSUFFICIENT CLAMP LOAD BETWEEN CALIPER AND YOKE CAN CAUSE THE CALIPER TO DISASSEMBLE AND ADVERSELY AFFECT THE TRAILERS BRAKING SYSTEM.

Safety consequence

LOSS OF BRAKING CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

DEXTER HAS MODIFIED THE REMEDY FOR THESE VEHICLES (PLEASE SEE 06E029). A NEW LARGER CALIPER MOUNTING NUT WILL BE INSTALLED. FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU MAY CONTACT DEXTER AXLE AT 1-800-400-2164 OR AIRSTREAM AT 1-937-596-6111, EXT. 7418 OR 7400.

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 06V276000

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.