Load Rite Wheels: Rim

Load Rite is recalling about 147 vehicles over a problem with the wheels. There is a potential for the rim to fail increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
10V229000
Manufacturer
LOAD RITE TRAILERS, INC.
Reported
28 May 2010
Vehicles
147
Built between
Not published
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
5 June 2010
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.

  • 2008-2010 Load Rite LR-AWV2335
  • 2010 Load Rite WV2450W

What the defect is

LOAD RITE IS RECALLING MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 LR-AWV2335 and WV2450W WATERCRAFT PERSONAL TRAILERS. THE CAPACITY OF THE RIM DID NOT MATCH THE CAPACITY OF THE TIRE. THIS CAUSES THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO NOT BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE APPLICATION.

What could happen

There is a potential for the rim to fail increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TIRES AND WHEELS ON ALL TRAILERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 24, 2010.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA28 May 2010
  2. Owners notified5 June 2010

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 28 May 2010.

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 load rite at 1-215-949-5842.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
LOAD RITE TRAILERS, 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

Owners 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 <a href=http://www.safercar.gov>http://www.safercar.gov</a> .

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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