1992 KENWORTH KENWORTH Recalls (2)
- Campaign:
- 92V069000 on 05/19/1992
- Component:
- Service brakes, air:drum:chamber
- Manufactured:
- 01/31/1992 - 03/31/1992
- Affected:
- 1,500
- Defect:
- A crack in the die cast aluminum housing of the brake chamber causes a loss of air pressure in the chamber. loss of air pressure causes the spring brakes to be applied.
- Consequence:
- Loss of air pressure in the housing of the brake chamberand the subsequent application of the spring brakes disables the truck withoutprior warning and could cause a vehicle accident.
- Correction:
- Repair or replace the suspect mgm brake chambers.
- Notes:
- System: air brakes.vehicle description: heavy trucks with mgm brake chambers, part numbers3430086, 3430087, 3430096, 3430097, 3431057, and 3431058.
- Campaign:
- 92V088000 on 06/25/1992
- Component:
- Wheels:lugs/nuts/bolts
- Manufactured:
- 03/31/1992 - 05/31/1992
- Affected:
- 850
- Defect:
- The wheel mounting studs on iron front and rear hubs can fracture.
- Consequence:
- Broken wheel mounting studs can cause the tire and wheelto separate from the axle and could result in a vehicle accident.
- Correction:
- Replace the front and rear hubs with hubs which have new studs.
- Notes:
- System: wheel mounting studs.vehicle description: heavy trucks with iron front and rear hubs utilizing ballseat wheel mounting configuration manufactured by dayton-walther.
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