NHTSA campaign 98V120012

Trail King Recall 98V120012: TRAIL KING/ACCURIDE/ALUMINUM DUAL WHEELS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 98V120012 was reported by TRAIL KING on August 10, 1998, with 98 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Trail King Trailer for model years 1997–1998.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 98V120012
Filed by: TRAIL KING
Report received: August 10, 1998
Potentially affected: 98 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Wheels — Rim

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 98V120012. 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.

Trail King

Trail King Trailer
- 1997, 1998

All Trail King recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 98V120012.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH AFTERMARKET ALUMINUM DUAL WHEELS, 22.5X8.25, ONE-PIECE, TUBELESS, SUPPLIED BY ACCURIDE/AKW. CERTAIN DESIGN REVISIONS COMBINED WITH PROCESS CONDITIONS CAUSED FATIGUE CRACKS IN THESE WHEELS.

Safety consequence

THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE FAILURE OF THESE WHEELS.

Manufacturer remedy

ACCURIDE/AKW WILL REPLACE THESE WHEELS.

Notes

ACCURIDE/AKW WILL CONDUCT THE OWNER NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY CAMPAIGN FOR THIS RECALL. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 27, 1998. OWNERS WHO DO NOT HAVE THEIR WHEELS REPLACED FREE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT ACCURIDE/KAISER AT 1-888-665-9189 OR NELSON AT 1-419-523-5321.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 98V120012

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.