Wolverine Wheels: Hubcap/Cover

Wolverine is recalling about 110 vehicles over a problem with the wheels. A vehicle crash could occur should the wheel separate while the vehicle is in use.

Campaign
05E079000
Manufacturer
AMERICAN RACING EQUIPMENT
Reported
5 December 2005
Vehicles
110
Built between
Not published
Models
2
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.

  • Wolverine 64522970PT
  • Wolverine 64522982PT

What the defect is

Certain american racing equipment (are) wolverine 22" aluminum wheels p/n 64522982PT and 64522970PT, sold between june 9 and december 2, 2005. The decorative cap flange can protrude into the seating area of the wheel. An interference condition of this type can potentially lead to wheel disengagement.

What could happen

A vehicle crash could occur should the wheel separate while the vehicle is in use.

What gets fixed

ARE WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE WHEELS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON DECEMBER 5, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA5 December 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 5 December 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

Owner may contact are at 1-800-959-1969.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
AMERICAN RACING EQUIPMENT
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.

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