NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Equipment Query EQ12-006: Power Products Axle Missing Locking Ring
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ12-006 on May 25, 2012 and closed it on June 27, 2012. NHTSA's investigations file lists 3 Reinke models for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- EQ12-006 (also written EQ12006)
- Investigation type
- Equipment Query An administrative investigation that reviews recall reports to confirm that the equipment suppliers and vehicle manufacturers involved in an equipment recall have filed the recall reports required of them.
- Status
- Closed June 27, 2012
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Reinke Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Component
- Power Train — Axle Assembly
- Vehicles and equipment
- 3 Reinke models, including the Intermodal Tank Chassis and Intermodal Cont Chassis
A recall appears here only when NHTSA's investigations file links one to the investigation; NHTSA's summary or record can name others.
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ12-006.
On April 27, 2012, Reinke Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Reinke) notified the NHTSA that it had decided a defect exists in certain 2010-2013 intermodal chassis frames.
On certain chassis frames, the locking ring that secures the spindle nut is missing from the axle or is improperly installed and the spindle nuts may be not be properly torqued.
These conditions could lead to wheel separation which could cause the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
Also, detached dual wheels may enter the roadway increasing the risk of a crash.
NHTSA assigned recall number 12V-175 to this matter. Reinke identified Power Products World Wide Heavy Duty (Power Products) as the manufacturer of these defective axles.
On June 7, 2012, the Recall Management Division (RMD) mailed an Information Request (IR) letter to Power Products requesting a list of purchasers that might have also received these defective axles.
On June 18, 2012, Power Products responded with a written letter noting that Reinke was the only purchaser of these defective axles.
All vehicles that could have been impacted by these defective Power Products axles have been addressed through Reinke's 12V-175 safety recall.
This EQ is closed.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ12-006. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for EQ12-006
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.