- Vehicles
- 1,173
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 11
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 4 January 2005
- 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 17110
- Arvinmeritor 17111
- Arvinmeritor FF946
- Arvinmeritor FG941
- Arvinmeritor FG943
- Arvinmeritor FG952
- Arvinmeritor FH941
- Arvinmeritor FH946
- Arvinmeritor FL951
- Arvinmeritor MFS18
- Arvinmeritor MFS20
What the defect is
Certain tie rod clamps installed on arvinmeritor tie rod assemblies which confirm the tie rod and cross tube threaded connections at both ends of the tie rod could fail. The tie rod assemblies using these clamps were shipped to arvinmeritor customers between july 1 and november 3, 2004, with axle models 17110, 17111, FF946, FG941, FG943, FG952, FH941, FH946, FL951, MFS18, and MFS20.
What could happen
If both clamps were to fail and the cross tube start to unscrew, significant vehicle misalignment would evolve with the potential for the tie rod end to separate from the cross tube, resulting in loss of steering control and possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
What gets fixed
ARVINMERITOR WILL REPLACE THE TIE ROD ASSEMBLY CLAMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN JANUARY 4, 2005.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA26 November 2004
- Owners notified4 January 2005
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 26 November 2004.
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 arvinmeritor at 1-866-668-7221.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- ARVINMERITOR AUTOMOTIVE
- 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 1-888-327-4236.
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.