Marmon Steering: Idler and Attachment

Marmon is recalling about 222 vehicles over a problem with the steering. This condition can result in poor wheel alignment and possible contact of the tie rod connection with the wheel, increasing the risk of a loss of control of the vehicle.

Campaign
97E031000
Manufacturer
MARMON HERRINGTON
Reported
15 September 1997
Vehicles
222
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
Not yet
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.

  • Marmon MC80

What the defect is

Equipment description: front steering drive axles. The steering arms which connect the tie rod assembly and maintain wheel alignment and directional control, are bent.

What could happen

This condition can result in poor wheel alignment and possible contact of the tie rod connection with the wheel, increasing the risk of a loss of control of the vehicle.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THESE STEERING ARMS.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA15 September 1997

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 15 September 1997.

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
MARMON HERRINGTON
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

Marmon-herrington is conducting the owner notification and remedy campaign for carraro.owner notification began during september 1997. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact marmon-herrington at 1-800-227-0727.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.

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