Axle - spindle weld

An NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation into Starcraft vehicles. Closed 1 December 2006.

Investigation
PE06036
Type
Preliminary Evaluation
Opened
7 September 2006
Closed
1 December 2006

What NHTSA investigated

Starcraft has filed campaign 06V-460 to address 88 (1) 2007 model year folding camping trailers and (2) 2007 model year starcraft s/t trailers that may have been assembled with defective axle - spindle welds before these axles could be inspected by the axle supplier, lippert components, for the suspect condition.starcraft has reported no additional failures since the two incidents reported in july 2006 that launched this investigation.odi will monitor starcraft RV for the next six months (until may 2007) for any axle - spindle weld performance problems and will initiate further investigation if additional problems are reported.

The recall that followed

  1. Starcraft — Suspension: Hub06V46000029 November 200688 vehicles

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
StarcraftFOLDING CAMPING TRAILER2007
StarcraftS/T2007
StarcraftSTARCRAFTModel 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.