- Vehicles
- 5,338
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Other
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 31 October 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.
- Arvinmeritor Trailer Axle Hubs
What the defect is
Customary advisory: this advisory pertains to certain skf phase iv truck hub units on arvinmeritor FF-980 series front axle assemblies and equipped by original equipment manufacturers (oems) with a combination of a) wheel mounting flanges of 11.1MM(0.437") or less and b) brake drum mounting flanges of 6.4MM (0.25") or less. Arvinmeritor has determined that this configuration of products, when retrofitted with wheel separator plates, also know as wheel protectors, wheel savers, or wheel guards, potentially reduces the service life of the hub, which could result in a fracture of the skf hub flange.
What could happen
If the hub flange fractures, vehicle control, braking, and stability are affected, and the wheel may separate from the vehicle possibly resulting in injury or death.
What gets fixed
THE AFFECTED FF-980 SERIES FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLIES ARE DESIGNATED AS FF-982, FF-984, AND FF-987 FOR AXLES RATED AT 13,200 LBS., AND FF-981, FF-983, AND FF-986 FOR AXLES RATED AT 12,000 LBS., AND WERE BUILT INTO VEHICLES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1996 AND MARCH 1998.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA18 September 2001
- Owners notified31 October 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 18 September 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
Arvinmeritor advises that if a vehicle with the described configuration has been retrofitted with wheel separator plates, contact arvinmeritor immediately at 800-535-5560 to have the truck hub unit replaced free of charge.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- ARVINMERITOR
- 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
The customer advisory is scheduled to be mailed in november/december 2001.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 arvinmeritor customer service center at 800-535-5560. 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.