Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Establishment Aerolite

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

3
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Recalls

3 campaigns
88V051000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1988-04-05

FUEL TANK LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO DRIVE SHAFT, SO THAT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE TANKS MATING FLANGE MAY BE STRUCK BY THE UNIVERSAL JOINT ON DRIVE SHAFT.

RiskCONTACT OF THE UNIVERSAL JOINT WITH THE FUEL TANK COULDEVENTUALLY CAUSE TANK TO LEAK FUEL, WHICH MIGHT BECOME A FIRE HAZARD.

FixREPLACE WITH NEWLY DESIGNED TANK TO PRECLUDE INTERFERENCE WITH UNIVERSAL JOINT OF THE DRIVE SHAFT.

87V143000·WHEELS1987-09-09

REAR TIRES MAY RUB ON THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS. ALSO, REAR WHEELS MAY BE DEFECTIVE.

RiskCONTINUED DRIVING COULD RESULT IN REAR TIRES BLOWING OUTWITHOUT WARNING; DRIVER COULD LOSE CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.

FixREPLACE TIRES AND WHEELS, AS NECESSARY.

87V123000·SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:CHECK VALVE1987-08-05

OVERLOADED REAR SUSPENSION MAY AFFECT BRAKING ABILITY.

RiskIMPAIRED BRAKING ABILITY COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE BRAKE PROPORTIONING VALVE.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA86032·SUSPENSION1986-09-12 → 1988-01-19

OVERLOAD

Led to recall87V123000

PE86052·SUSPENSION1986-05-01 → 1986-09-11

REAR AXLE OVERLOAD

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