Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| WHEELS - LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | ||||||||||||||||
| 93V098000 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION | from 04/01/1993 to 04/01/1993 | V (Vehicle) | 600 | 08/26/1993 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 06/04/1993 | 06/15/1993 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | The 15 inch wheels have malformed lug nut seat configuration which causes poor nut-to-wheel contact and centering of the wheel during installation. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Poor nut-to-wheel contact during installation can lead topossible loss of a wheel, resulting in loss of vehicle control and an accident. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | The road and spare wheels with the malformed lug nut seat configuration will be replaced. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: wheels.vehicle description: passenger mini-vans with 15 inch stamped steel road wheelsor stamped steel spare wheels. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS - LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | |||
| 11/20/1999 | 1 | ||
| 15 inch wheel has a deformed lug: nut seat configuration which causes poor nut to wheel contact. vehicle not included in recall number 93v098000. while driving bad vibration, consumer got off the freeway and the right front wheel broke off the hub, after putting in new wheel bolts they loosened again but did not break off, larger bolts installed and they are working fine, consumer feels that is may be a possibility that the spare tire that was on for a while which is steelk was not seating properly started the problem with the wheel bolts. *mjs | |||
| 01/18/1999 | |||
| Recall 93v09800/ mfr 575. when driving wheel sheared off and bolt broke off the wheel. manufacturer and dealer contacted and cannot remedy the problem. problem continues to exist. provide further information. *ak | |||