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Year · Make · Model

1985 National RV Dolphin

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.

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

Recalls

2 campaigns
91V060000·POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY1991-04-12

REAR AXLE BEARINGS MAY FAIL DUE TO A BENDING MOMENT CREATED BY THE AFTERMARKET DUAL REAR WHEELS FROM A VARIETY OF FACTORS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN OVERLOADED. FAILURE OF THE BEARINGS CREATE STRESSES ON THE REAR AXLE, RESULTING IN THE BREAKAGE OF THE AXLE.

RiskA BROKEN AXLE WILL CAUSE SEPARATION OF THE DUAL REARWHEEL ASSEMBLY FROM THE MOTORHOME, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL WHICH COULD RESULT INAN ACCIDENT.

FixREPLACE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLIES WITH FULL-FLOATING REAR AXLE ASSEMBLIES.

86V154000·WHEELS:RIM 1986-11-19

DUAL REAR WHEELS MAY HAVE PIN HOLE LEAKS AND CRACKS AROUND THE OLD VALVE STEM HOLE THAT HAD BEEN WELDED. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: DRIVING WITH THE INNER DUAL REAR WHEELS FLAT COULD CAUSE A BLOWOUT, AND POSSIBLE WHEEL BEARING OR AXLE FAILURE.

FixREPLACE DEFECTIVE WHEELS.

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