- Vehicles
- 321
- Built between
- Jul 1999 – Jan 2001
- Models
- 10
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 1999 and January 2001. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1999-2001 Oshkosh FBuilt July 1999 to January 2001
- 2000-2001 Oshkosh HBuilt July 1999 to January 2001
- 1999 Oshkosh H SeriesBuilt July 1999 to January 2001
- 1999 Oshkosh Military HemttBuilt July 1999 to September 1999
- 1999 Oshkosh Military PLSBuilt July 1999 to October 1999
- 2000-2001 Oshkosh PBuilt July 1999 to January 2001
- 1999 Oshkosh P SeriesBuilt July 1999 to January 2001
- 1999-2001 Oshkosh SBuilt July 1999 to January 2001
- 2000-2001 Oshkosh TBuilt July 1999 to January 2001
- 1999 Oshkosh T SeriesBuilt July 1999 to January 2001
What the defect is
Vehicle description: airport support, snow removal, concrete carrier, and military vehicles equipped with drag link assemblies containing 24-DL model ball sockets and manufactured by trw. Certain of the tie rod ball-socket bearings have a below-specification case depth and/or hardness, which can lead to premature wear of the socket.
What could happen
If this condition occurs, the driver can lose partial control of the right front wheel, possibly resulting in a crash.
What gets fixed
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE DRAG LINKS. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JULY/AUGUST 2001.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 1999 to January 2001
- Recall reported to NHTSA11 July 2001
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
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 11 July 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 oshkosh at 1-920-235-9151 trw customer service at 1-866-280-3287.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION
- 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.