Power train: axle hubs
- Component
- Power train: axle hubs
- Manufacturer
- SEAGRAVE FIRE APPARATUS, LLC
- Vehicles affected
- 1
- Reported to NHTSA
- 2008-11-14
- Owners notified
- 2008-11-14
Defect description
SEAGRAVE RECALLED 1 MY 2008 MARAUDER II FIRE TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH ARVINMERITOR AXLE ASSEMBLIES WITH SUSPECT WHEEL END STUDS. THE WHEEL END STUDS WERE IMPROPERLY TEMPERED, POTENTIALLY 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 risk
FRACTURED WHEEL STUDS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND DID NOT NEED REPAIR.