Recalls › 98V120006

NHTSA recall 98V120006

Wheels › Rim

Walker Truck

Reported Jul 23, 1998870 vehicles affectedWALKER EQUIPMENTBuilt Apr 23, 1997 – Feb 28, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: highway truck trailers equipped with aftermarket aluminum dual wheels, 22.5x8.25, one-piece, tubeless, supplied by accuride/akw. certain design revisions combined with process conditions caused fatigue cracks in these wheels.

The risk

This condition can cause failure of these wheels.

The remedy

Accuride/akw will replace these wheels.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

Ask AI about this recallChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Vehicles in this recall

Walker Truck
19971998

Notes

Accuride/akw will conduct the owner notification and remedy campaign for this recall. Owner notification began july 27, 1998. Owners who do not have their wheels replaced free within a reasonable time should contact accuride/kaiser at 1-888-665-9189 or walker at 1-608-562-3151. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).