NHTSA campaign 09V067000

Innovative Recall 09V-067: WHEEL END STUDS/ARVINMERITOR

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V067000 was reported by INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING on February 23, 2009, with 4 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Innovative SDS-42, Innovative SDS-45 and Innovative SFS-45 for model years 2008–2009. Owners were notified on February 23, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 09V067000 (also written 09V-067 or 09V067)
Filed by: INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING
Report received: February 23, 2009
Potentially affected: 4 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Power Train — Axle Hubs
Owners notified: February 23, 2009
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 09V067000. 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.

Innovative

Innovative SDS-42
- 2009
Innovative SDS-45
- 2008
Innovative SFS-45
- 2008

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V067000.

Defect description

INNOVATIVE IS RECALLING 4 MY 2008 SFS-45, SDS-45 AND MY 2009 SDS-42 BUSES EQUIPPED WITH ARVINMERITOR AXLE ASSEMBLIES. THE WHEEL END STUDS MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY TEMPERED 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

INNOVATIVE IS WORKING WITH ARVINMERITOR WHO WILL REPLACE ANY AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT STUD FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 08E038). OWNERS MAY CONTACT ARVINMERITOR AT 1-248-435-8793 OR INNOVATIVE AT 903-832-6684.

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 09V067000

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.