- Vehicles
- 1,858
- Built between
- Sep 2006 – Apr 2007
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 2 July 2007
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between September 2006 and April 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Hendrickson BAR13X-03BBuilt September 2006 to April 2007
- Hendrickson BAR13X-04BBuilt September 2006 to April 2007
- Hendrickson BAR13X-06BBuilt September 2006 to April 2007
- Hendrickson BAR13X-67BBuilt September 2006 to April 2007
What the defect is
Certain truck bridge axles manufactured by hendrickson between september 7, 2006, and april 25, 2007, installed as original equipment as subassembly components of auxiliary tag axle suspension systems for mcneilus (oshkosh) 2006 and 2007 bridgemaster v model concrete mixer trucks with serial numbers HUAX97188 through HUAX108905. Due to inadequate tempering in the manufacturing process, the component end castings can crack.
What could happen
If the cracks should propagate while the vehicle is in road use, it is possible that debris from the bridge axle or adjacent vehicle parts could be deposited in the roadway, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
What gets fixed
OSHKOSH WILL NOTIFY THEIR OWNERS AND HENDRICKSON WILL REPLACE THE AXLES WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO THE OWNERS WHO REPORT VISIBLE CRACKS FREE OF CHARGE.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtSeptember 2006 to April 2007
- Recall reported to NHTSA19 June 2007
- Owners notified2 July 2007
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 19 June 2007.
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
- HENDRICKSON USA. L.L.C.
- 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.