Arvinmeritor wheel end studs

An NHTSA investigation into Arvinmeritor vehicles. Closed 4 March 2009.

Investigation
EQ08013
Opened
3 November 2008
Closed
4 March 2009

What NHTSA investigated

On 6/5/2008 arvinmeritor filed a defect report stating certain wheel end studs, and subsequently produced hubs/axles with these studs, may have been incorrectly heat treated during production.if a wheel stud fractures, the remaining wheel studs can become stressed leading to the fracturing of additional wheel studs.should the wheel of a vehicle experience any wheel stud fractures, the wheel could detach from the vehicle and cause a crash.rmd mailed 32 companies information request letters on 11/4/08.ANOTHER ir letter was mailed to non-responding companies on 12/19/08.OF those 32 companies, 9 were vehicle manufacturers that decided to file defect report with nhtsa.the other 23 companies were either not vehicle manufacturers or repaired the equipment prior to retailing their vehicles.the following recalls were issued as a result of this eq:innovative TRAILER:09V-067 TRAILMOBILE:08V-660M h eby, INC:08V-621 manac INC:08V-665TIFFIN:09V-045NEVILLE welding: 09V-012PIERCE mfg: 08V-591SEAGRAVE fire apparatus: 08V-605MAUER mfg: 09V-007IR responses can be found below or in the document repository.this eq is closed.

Recalls that followed

  1. Innovative — Power Train: Axle Hubs09V06700023 February 20094 vehicles
  2. Tiffin — Power Train: Axle Hubs09V0450005 February 200923 vehicles
  3. Neville — Power Train: Axle Hubs09V01200013 January 200981 vehicles
  4. Maurer — Power Train: Axle Hubs09V0070009 January 20094 vehicles
  5. Manac — Power Train: Axle Hubs08V66500016 December 2008185 vehicles
  6. Trailmobile — Power Train: Axle Hubs08V66000015 December 200827 vehicles
  7. EBY — Power Train: Axle Hubs08V62100024 November 20081 vehicles
  8. Pierce — Power Train: Axle Hubs08V59100014 November 20083 vehicles
  9. Seagrave — Power Train: Axle Hubs08V60500014 November 20081 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
ArvinmeritorTRAILER AXLE HUBSModel year not recorded

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.