Prevost Suspension: Non-Powered Axle Assembly

Prevost is recalling about 215 vehicles over a problem with the suspension.

Campaign
84V118000
Manufacturer
PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED
Reported
1 October 1984
Vehicles
215
Built between
Sep 1982 – Sep 1984
Models
4
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
Not yet
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 1982 and September 1984. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1982-1984 Prevost LemirageBuilt September 1982 to September 1984
  • 1982-1984 Prevost Lemirage XLBuilt September 1982 to September 1984
  • 1982-1984 Prevost MarathonBuilt September 1982 to September 1984
  • 1982-1984 Prevost Marathon XLBuilt September 1982 to September 1984

What the defect is

Auxiliary (tag) axle may develop cracks or break due to a manufacturing defect.

What gets fixed

NO CORRECTIVE INFORMATION WAS SUPPLIED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 1982 to September 1984
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA1 October 1984

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 1 October 1984.

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
PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED
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

Vehicle description: buses.system: power train; auxiliary (tag) axle assembly.consequences of defect: the axle may break in its curved section which canresult in loss of vehicle control and an accident.

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.

Same component

Same brand