Jca China Wheels

Jca China is recalling about 8,059 vehicles over a problem with the wheels. Should the wheel break while the vehicle is in use, a vehicle crash could occur, possibly resulting in serious injury or death.

Campaign
05E051000
Manufacturer
TREDIT TIRE & WHEEL CO INC
Reported
23 August 2005
Vehicles
8,059
Built between
Not published
Models
3
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.

  • Jca China JC16X6655CR
  • Jca China JC16X6865CR
  • Jca China JC16X6865CRHD

What the defect is

Certain jca china 16" chromium plated welded wheels, either 6 lug or 8 lug, that contain the rim stamp of "jg" or "hw". Due to poor weld quality and insufficient press fit between the rim and the disc, the center of the wheel could separate from the rim.

What could happen

Should the wheel break while the vehicle is in use, a vehicle crash could occur, possibly resulting in serious injury or death.

What gets fixed

THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS WILL CONDUCT A RECALL OF THEIR VEHICLES. OWNERS WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE WHEELS FREE OF CHARGE.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA23 August 2005

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 23 August 2005.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
TREDIT TIRE & WHEEL CO INC
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

Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236; (TTY:1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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.

Same component

Same brand