NHTSA campaign 08V660000
Trailmobile Recall 08V-660: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 08V660000 was reported by TRAILMOBILE CANADA LIMITED on December 15, 2008, with 27 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Trailmobile Van for the 2009 model year. Owners were notified on June 2, 2008, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 08V660000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 08V660000 (also written 08V-660 or 08V660)
- Filed by
- TRAILMOBILE CANADA LIMITED
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 27 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Power Train — Axle Hubs
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Equipment Query EQ08-013 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 08V660000. 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.
Trailmobile
Trailmobile Van
- 2009 · Vehicles built March 4, 2008 – April 30, 2008 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 08V660000.
Defect description
TRAILMOBILE IS RECALLING 27 MY 2009 TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH ARVINMERITOR AXLE ASSEMBLIES WITH SUSPECT WHEEL END STUDS. THE SUSPECT WHEEL END STUDS WERE IMPROPERLY TEMPERED, POTENTIALLY RENDERING THEM BRITTLE AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO FRACTURE. IF ONE WHEEL STUD FRACTURES, THE REMAINING WHEEL STUDS ARE REQUIRED TO CARRY MORE LOAD. IF LEFT IN THIS CONDITION, THE REMAINING WHEEL STUDS MAY ALSO FRACTURE EVEN IF THEY ARE PROPERLY MANUFACTURED.
Safety consequence
FRACTURED WHEEL STUDS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
TRAILMOBILE IS WORKING WITH ARVINMERITOR WHO WILL REPLACE ANY AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT STUD FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT ARVINMERITOR AT 1-248-435-8793 OR TRAILMOBILE AT 1-217-348-8181.
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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 08V660000
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.