Alcoa Wheels

Alcoa is recalling about 25,054 vehicles over a problem with the wheels. Failure can result in wheel separation and possible vehicle crash.

Campaign
00E057000
Manufacturer
ALCOA WHEEL PRODUCTS INT.
Reported
25 September 2000
Vehicles
25,054
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 October 2000
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • Alcoa Wheel

What the defect is

Equipment description: 25,054 after market alcoa forged aluminum light truck wheel, size 16X7J, lts style, 8 on 6.5" bolt circle, part number 167011, manufactured between 1993 and 2000. A crack can develop in the wheel from hand hole to hand hole.

What could happen

Failure can result in wheel separation and possible vehicle crash.

What gets fixed

ALCOA IS NOTIFYING CUSTOMERS TO RETURN THESE WHEELS.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA25 September 2000
  2. Owners notified18 October 2000

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 25 September 2000.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
ALCOA WHEEL PRODUCTS INT.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owner notification began october 18, 2000.OWNERS who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact alcoa wheel service center at 1-888-279-3055. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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