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 - CAP/COVER/HUB | ||||||||||||||||
| 10E040000 | FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION | E (Equipment) | 34604 | MFR | CHRYSLER GROUP LLC | 08/23/2010 | 08/23/2010 | |||||||||
| Defect Summary | Federal-mogul is recalling certain carquest, national, and percision brand wheel hub assemblies, p/nos 515073 and 515073, sold for use as replacement equipment on model year 2002 through 2008 dodge ram 1500 pickup trucks. the inboard roll form used to maintain the hub assembly can fatigue resulting in noise and/or wheel separation on the two wheel drive (2wd) applications. the risk of these issues do not occur on the four wheel drive (4wd) applications, and installation on the 4wd applications are not part of this recall. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A vehicle crash can occur if the wheel separates from the vehicle. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Federal-mogul will notify owners of record and technicians will replace the affected hub assemblies free of charge. the safety recall is expected to begin during august or early september 2010. owners may contact federal-mogul at 877-489-6659. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to replacement carquest and national wheel hub assemblies and has no relation to any original equipment installed on dodge ram 1500 vehicles manufactured by chrysler llc.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 http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 11/29/2011 | 64000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge ram 1500. while applying air to the rear driver side tire, the valve stem fractured. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technician advised that the aluminum valve stem was corroded. the corrosion caused the fracture and the dealer stated that it would have to be replaced with a rubber valve stem. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 64,000. | |||
| 11/29/2011 | 64000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 dodge ram 1500. while applying air to the rear driver side tire, the valve stem fractured. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technician advised that the aluminum valve stem was corroded. the corrosion caused the fracture and the dealer stated that it would have to be replaced with a rubber valve stem. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 64,000. kmj | |||
| 11/29/2011 | 64000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2008 dodge ram 1500. while applying air to the rear drivers side tire the valve stem fractured. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic. the technician stated the aluminum valve stem had corroded and fractured and would have to be replaced with a rubber valve stem. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 64,000. ds | |||
| 06/07/2011 | 30000 | ||
| 2008 dodge ram truck 1500 series , 25,000 km problem : aluminum schrader electronic valve stem with the rusted off steel locking nuts that rusts off and then falls inside the tire causing a flat tire at any time and at any speed too whom it may concern date: june 7 / 2011 serial # 1d7hu18288j218301 on june 7 / 2011 at about 7:00 pm going west bound on hi way 118 towards bracebridge ontario i had my first flat tire.while driving at 90 km the trucks low pressure warning light came on and dropped on the rim and i could here the flat tire started slapping the steel rim. on june 9/2011 i took the truck into the bracebridge chrysler dealership. i talked the service dept.,rep and told her all about the missing valve stem and what had happened. have tire inspected at goodyear dealer on the other side of town. the tech told me all about the steel nuts falling off on the aluminum schrader valves that are mounted to the rim.tire was damaged inside from the steel wheel rim when it went flat. updated schrader valves so this would not happen again , he mentioned that chrysler will not pay for a new tire but the valve stems would be replaced. with a 2008 ram truck with 25.000 km on it this is not my problem nor goodyear but chrysler. please let me know on how you are going to per cede. update : on july 6/2011 i had a new truck tire installed at the above dealer at no charge ( great customer service ) update i called the chrysler 1-800 hot line what a waist of time you might as well talk to the wall . don ward 905-271-8539 please note : i have 4 new air scharder valve stems installed but they are the same ones that rusted off .i was told at the chrysler dealer that they do not have a different style for that 2008 truck so they had to put the same problem vales back on. 310 1015 roosevelt rd mississauga ontario l5g3y7 canada | |||
| 03/15/2011 | 137000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge ram 1500. the contact stated that the vehicle was producing a loud noise from the front driver side wheel hub. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the wheel hub was defective and needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 137,000 and current mileage was 138,000. | |||
| 06/19/2009 | 26500 | 1 | |
| The incident of june 19, 2008. my wife and i were on our way to a soccer match at a local high school when upon hitting a slight dip in the road, my left front wheel sheared from the lug nuts and rolled away, while my truck wheel hub and rotor slammed into the asphalt and grinded 15 feet to a stop. i called power dodge of valencia, who authorized a tow from lancaster to valencia. my truck was on its way to good hands, i thought. one week later, june 26, 2008, there were no repairs made to the truck yet, and what had originally seemed like a warranty repair issue, now was being faulted to me by the service manager of power dodge, (the sm). the sm was looking for every avenue to find blame elsewhere except with his company, and with little care for the inconvenience i was being put through without a vehicle. the sm had a wheel expert look at the damage, and what was found, were two lug nuts with apparent stress cracks, which once they gave way left no room the remaining three to hold the wheel fast, thus shearing all the bolts off. it was said that this is sometimes caused by over torquing the bolts during tire rotation or changing of a tire, all services only performed on my truck by power dodge of valencia. the sm instead blames me for not rotating the tires sooner than eighty five hundred miles, stating that the lugs may have backed off and broken. with all of the said damage caused by the wheel breaking off, my truck is in for it?s regularly scheduled maintenance, which includes tire rotation. if dodge is not responsible for any of the damage caused by the lug nut failure, then it would stand to reason that my warranty was now voided due to what the smof dodge claims was failure of the lugs due to not rotating the tires soon enough. but, according to power dodge of valencia, my warranty is still good. dodge is accepting no responsibility for lug nuts shearing off while driving which in not normal. *tr | |||