Wheel Separations (Broken Studs)

An NHTSA Engineering Analysis into DRV vehicles. Closed 16 July 2012.

Investigation
EA11007
Type
Engineering Analysis
Opened
27 May 2011
Closed
16 July 2012

What NHTSA investigated

EA11-007 is closed with the submission of recall campaign 12V-028 submitted by DRV.The population included in the campaign action includes 1,701 model year 2008, 2010, and early-2011 DRV models Select, Mobile, and Elite Suite DRV motor homes equipped with disc brakes.The absence of wheel end loosening and/or separation reports related to DRV vehicles produced after January 2011 indicates that changes in manufacturing practices that DRV adopted have improved the integrity of the wheel end system in these vehicles.Further details of this investigation are summarized in the attached closing report.The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following identification (ODI) numbers: 10357608, 10357609

The recall that followed

  1. DRV — Wheels: Rim12V02800030 January 20121,701 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
Double TreeELITE2010
Double TreeMOBILE SUITE2010
Double TreeSELECT SUITE2010
DRVELITE SUITE2008–2011
DRVMOBILE2008–2011
DRVSELECT2008–2011
Mobile SuitesMY2010

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.