- Vehicles
- 22
- Built between
- May 2005 – Jan 2008
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between May 2005 and January 2008. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2006-2008 K-Tec InternationalBuilt May 2005 to January 2008
What the defect is
Kaffenbarger is recalling 22 my 2006-2008 international class 8 trucks equipped with auxiliary axles supplied by watson & chalin. The lower cast arms could fracture which could affect the suspensions ability to lift the axle when it's not needed.
What could happen
A vehicle crash could occur.
What gets fixed
KAFFENBARGER IS WORKING WITH WATSON & CHALIN TO PROVIDE REPAIR KITS ALONG WITH REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMay 2005 to January 2008
- Recall reported to NHTSA13 August 2008
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 13 August 2008.
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 can contact watson & chalin manufacturing at 1-800-445-0736 or kaffenbarger at 1-937-845-3804.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- KAFFENBARGER TRUCK EQUIPMENT 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
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.