Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion) (ZF Group)
Vehicle equipment recall 07E-049. NHTSA received ZF GROUP NORTH AMERICA OPERATIONS’s report on Jun 28, 2007.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ZF GROUP NORTH AMERICA OPERATIONS’s report on Jun 28, 2007. 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?
LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL CAN RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
CERTAIN ZF SERVOCOM S2 STEERING GEARS, TYPE 8018, SOLD FOR INSTALLATION AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON CERTAIN HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES.
A SPACER WITH THE WRONG DIMENSIONS HAS BEEN FITTED IN THE ASSEMBLY POSSIBLY CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion).
What should you do?
EACH VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WILL NOTIFY ITS OWNERS AND PROVIDE A REMEDY PROGRAM. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 25, 2007. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 8,005 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- ZF Group Servocom S2NHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ZF GROUP NORTH AMERICA OPERATIONS.
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.