- Vehicles
- 670
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 2 May 2001
- 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.
- Chalmers Suspension
What the defect is
Equipment description: certain 2000 and possible 2001 model year trucks equipped with chalmers suspensions shipped may 8, 2000, to june 9, 2000, and september 19, 2000, to october 6, 2000. These vehicles may have defective fixed fabricated torque rods which could cause lack of axle retention.
What could happen
Under these conditions, the driver could lose control of the vehicle which could result in a vehicle crash.
What gets fixed
CHALMERS WILL NOTIFY THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS CUSTOMERS AND PERFORM THE REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MAY 2, 2001.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA4 May 2001
- Owners notified2 May 2001
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 4 May 2001.
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.
Manufacturer contact
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 chalmers suspensions at 905-624-9750.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- CHALMERS SUSPENSIONS INTL
- 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
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.