1997 NAVISTAR 5000 Recall
- Campaign:
- 97V118000 on 07/29/1997
- Component:
- Wheels:lugs/nuts/bolts
- Manufactured:
- 07/14/1996 - 01/02/1997
- Affected:
- 443
- Defect:
- Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with six-spoke wheel assemblies. these vehicles were manufactured with the wrong combinations of wheel assembly parts. should the six-spoke wheel assembly have mis-matched parts, high stresses in the wheel studs and potential wheel failures can occur.
- Consequence:
- Stud failures can occur resulting in a wheel separation increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
- Correction:
- Dealers will inspect these wheels and make the necessary combination corrections. also operator instructions and visual aids will be updated.
- Notes:
- Note:owner notification will begin august 26, 1997.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact navistar at 1-800-448-7825.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
1997 NAVISTAR 5000 TSBs (2)
- Bulletin:
- G97503
- Component:
- 200000 wheels
- Summary:
- Safety recall for a defect in the six spoke rear wheel assembly because of mismatched parts. *tt
- Bulletin:
- IK-0500038
- Component:
- 010000 steering
- Summary:
- Navistar: steering goes into a shimmy after hitting a bump. *rm updated 3/20/12. *pe
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