Suspension: front: hub (Arvinmeritor)
Vehicle equipment safety improvement campaign 01X-002. NHTSA received ARVINMERITOR’s report on Sep 18, 2001.
- NHTSA: a safety improvement campaign, not a safety recall
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The short answer
NHTSA received ARVINMERITOR’s report on Sep 18, 2001. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
NHTSA files this as a safety improvement campaign, not a safety recall.
NHTSA’s records of these campaigns say each is “not a safety recall”, but is “deemed a safety improvement campaign by the agency”. What’s wrong and the fix are below, in NHTSA’s words.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
IF THE HUB FLANGE FRACTURES, VEHICLE CONTROL, BRAKING, AND STABILITY ARE AFFECTED, AND THE WHEEL MAY SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH.
CUSTOMARY ADVISORY: THIS ADVISORY PERTAINS TO CERTAIN SKF PHASE IV TRUCK HUB UNITS ON ARVINMERITOR FF-980 SERIES FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLIES AND EQUIPPED BY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS (OEMS) WITH A COMBINATION OF A) WHEEL MOUNTING FLANGES OF 11.1MM(0.437”) OR LESS AND B) BRAKE DRUM MOUNTING FLANGES OF 6.4MM (0.25”) OR LESS.
ARVINMERITOR HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS CONFIGURATION OF PRODUCTS, WHEN RETROFITTED WITH WHEEL SEPARATOR PLATES, ALSO KNOW AS WHEEL PROTECTORS, WHEEL SAVERS, OR WHEEL GUARDS, POTENTIALLY REDUCES THE SERVICE LIFE OF THE HUB, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FRACTURE OF THE SKF HUB FLANGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: front: hub.
What should you do?
THE AFFECTED FF-980 SERIES FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLIES ARE DESIGNATED AS FF-982, FF-984, AND FF-987 FOR AXLES RATED AT 13,200 LBS., AND FF-981, FF-983, AND FF-986 FOR AXLES RATED AT 12,000 LBS., AND WERE BUILT INTO VEHICLES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1996 AND MARCH 1998. ARVINMERITOR ADVISES THAT IF A VEHICLE WITH THE DESCRIBED CONFIGURATION HAS BEEN RETROFITTED WITH WHEEL SEPARATOR PLATES, CONTACT ARVINMERITOR IMMEDIATELY AT 800-535-5560 TO HAVE THE TRUCK HUB UNIT REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: THE CUSTOMER ADVISORY IS SCHEDULED TO BE MAILED IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 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 ARVINMERITOR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AT 800-535-5560. ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Which ones does it cover?
NHTSA counts 5,338 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Arvinmeritor Trailer Axle HubsNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is running it?
- Made by ARVINMERITOR.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.