NHTSA campaign 06V473000

FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. Recall 06V-473: WHEEL SEPARATION AXLE FRACTURE/LIPPERT COMPONENTS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 06V473000 was reported by FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. on December 13, 2006, with 59 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Pioneer Brand Pioneer, Prowler Brand PRL Classic, Terry Brand Terry Resort and more for the 2007 model year.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 06V473000 (also written 06V-473 or 06V473)
Filed by: FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.
Report received: December 13, 2006
Potentially affected: 59 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Suspension — Rear — Axle — Spindle
NHTSA investigation: Preliminary Evaluation PE06-037 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06V473000. 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.

Pioneer Brand

Pioneer Brand Pioneer
- 2007 · Vehicles built June 20, 2006 – June 22, 2006 (per NHTSA)

All Pioneer Brand recalls

Prowler Brand

Prowler Brand PRL Classic
- 2007 · Vehicles built starting June 19, 2006 (per NHTSA)

All Prowler Brand recalls

Terry Brand

Terry Brand Terry Resort
- 2007 · Vehicles built June 19, 2006 – June 20, 2006 (per NHTSA)

All Terry Brand recalls

Wilderness

Wilderness Wilderness Scout
- 2007 · Vehicles built starting June 19, 2006 (per NHTSA)

All Wilderness recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06V473000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH LIPPERT AXLES, DUE TO MISLOCATED SPINDLE WELDS, THE SPINDLE MAY PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE AXLE TUBE AND THE WHEEL AND HUB ASSEMBLY MAY COME OFF THE VEHICLE.

Safety consequence

SUDDEN AXLE FAILURE COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

LIPPERT IS CONDUCTING THIS RECALL AND WILL INSPECT FOR MISLOCATED WELDS AND REPLACE THE AXLE IF NECESSARY (PLEASE SEE 06E-095). OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT LIPPERT AT 1-877-870-4900 OR FLEETWOOD AT 1-800-322-8216.

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 06V473000

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.