- Vehicles
- 862
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- 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.
- Wabash Equalizer Bolt
What the defect is
Semi-trailer suspension equalize bolts sold as aftermarket parts between august 28 and november 9, 2001. The equalizer bolt is a 2" diameter bolt approximately 11.5" long that has a welded on plate at one end and a 2-3/8" long x 1" threaded shank at the opposite end. There are two problems in production that constitute this defect. 1) the end plate on the bolt was not properly welded to the body and may detach and 2) the material used to produce the bolt was not correct. This would only be a problem if used as a pivot bolt for a full trailer.
What could happen
If the end plate detaches from the body, the bolt may back out of the hole allowing the equalizer to collapse in to the center hanger. This will result in that side of the trailer to drop down, increasing the possibility of a vehicle crash. If the equalizer bolt were to fail when used as a drawbar bolt and the failed bolt backed out, the towed trailer could fail to track properly and could become disconnected from the lead trailer.
What gets fixed
WABASH WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JUNE/JULY 2002.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA21 June 2002
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 21 June 2002.
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 wabash at 765-771-5300.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- WABASH NATIONAL CORP.
- 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, customers can 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.