NHTSA recall campaign

00E029000

ManufacturerACCURIDE CORPORATIONReported2000-06-08Affected5,719 vehicles

What was wrong

Defect

EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: 22.5 X 8.25 15 TUBELESS DEMOUNTABLE RIMS, PART NO. 32051, MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JANUARY 25 AND MARCH 3, 2000. CERTAIN RIMS CONTAIN A NON-FUSION AREA IN THE BUTT-WELD OF THE MOUNTING RING. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE DEFECT COULD DEVELOP INTO A CRACK ON THE MOUNTING RING.

Risk

OVER TIME, THE CRACK COULD PROPAGATE AND IF NOT HEEDED, COULD RESULT IN MOUNTING RING FAILURE, POTENTIALLY CAUSING THE RIM TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.

Manufacturer remedy

ACCURIDE WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE OR SUSPECT WHEEL RIMS.

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Affected vehicles

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NHTSA did not enumerate affected vehicles for this campaign.