- Vehicles
- 5,000
- Built between
- Jun 2005 – Jun 2005
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 29 August 2005
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between June 2005 and June 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- ARI Brake CaliperBuilt June 2005 to June 2005
What the defect is
Certain ari caliper bolts with gold bolt heads and head markings of "10.9 & fmi" sold with brake caliper replacement equipment which have a build code between june 7 and june 24, 2005. Due to an embrittlement condition, these bolts may break without warning and the caliper could become unanchored from the mounting bracket, possibly impairing the braking ability of the vehicle.
What could happen
If the bolt breaks and the caliper becomes unanchored, a vehicle crash could occur.
What gets fixed
ARI HAS NOTIFIED ITS PURCHASERS AND WILL REPLACE THE BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 29, 2005.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJune 2005 to June 2005
- Recall reported to NHTSA14 September 2005
- Owners notified29 August 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 14 September 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.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact ari at 714-234-2200 or contact better brake parts at 419-228-9092 (see better brake parts recall no. 05E-047.)
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- AMERICAN REMANUFACTURERS, 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.