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NHTSA recall 00V354000

Suspension › Front › Wheel bearing

Newell Motor Home

Reported Oct 31, 200055 vehicles affectedNEWELL COACH CORP.Built Nov 1, 1999 – Oct 15, 2000

The defect

Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana speciality axle TS6 tag axles. hub overload can cause premature bearing failure at between 12,000 and 20,000 miles.

The risk

This failure could result in the wheel and tire assembly becoming disconnected from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Dealers will install a revised tag axle suspension arrangement to correct this problem. also, at intervals of 7,500 miles, owners are requested to arrange to have the tag axle wheel bearings replaced at a dealership or call newell to issue authorization to have these bearings changed in a service facility in the field at newell's expense.

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Vehicles in this recall

Newell Motor Home
19992000

Notes

Owner notification began february 22, 2001.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 newell at 1-918-542-3344.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).