Keystone Wheels: Rim

Keystone is recalling about 834 vehicles over a problem with the wheels. The center of the wheel could separate from the rim.

Campaign
05V424000
Manufacturer
KEYSTONE RV COMPANY
Reported
23 September 2005
Vehicles
834
Built between
Feb 2005 – Sep 2005
Models
4
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA investigation
Owners notified
15 February 2006
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2005 and September 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2005-2006 Keystone CougarBuilt February 2005 to September 2005
  • 2005-2006 Keystone MountaineerBuilt February 2005 to August 2005
  • 2005-2006 Keystone SprinterBuilt February 2005 to September 2005
  • 2005-2006 Keystone Tail-GatorBuilt March 2005 to June 2005

What the defect is

On certain travel trailers and fifth wheel recreational vehicles equipped with tredit 16" chrome wheels, the rims may have poor weld quality and insufficient press fit between the wheel rim and disc.

What could happen

The center of the wheel could separate from the rim. The wheel may wobble and cause a vibration or the mounted tire could lose air causing the tire to go flat, resulting in a loss of control of the vehicle and increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

KEYSTONE IS WORKING WITH TREDIT TIRE TO NOTIFY OWNERS AND HAVE THE WHEELS REPLACED. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 15, 2006.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2005 to September 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 September 2005
  3. Owners notified15 February 2006

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 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 keystone at 866-425-4369.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
05-060
Recalling manufacturer
KEYSTONE RV COMPANY
Recall initiated by
ODI

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

Keystone recall no. 05-060.CUSTOMERS may also 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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