Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly (CTR)
Vehicle equipment recall 19E-054. NHTSA received Capco USA, Inc.’s report on Aug 15, 2019.
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NHTSA received Capco USA, Inc.’s report on Aug 15, 2019. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
If the tie rods fail due to not being durable, control of the vehicle may be affected, increasing the risk of a crash.
Capco USA inc.
(Capco) is recalling certain CTR Outer Tie Rods sold for aftermarket installation.
The taper on the ball studs may affect the durability of the outer tie rods.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly.
What should you do?
Capco will notify the affected distributors, and will provide replacement outer tie rods to the retail customers, free of charge. The recall began on October 3, 2019. Owners may contact Capco customer service at 1-248-994-0815.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.NHTSA is missing critical, required information for this safety recall. This information must be supplied through the NHTSA Recalls Portal within 5 working days of confirming its accuracy:- A statement that the defect or noncompliance can cause a vehicle crash without prior warning; or a description of whatever prior warning may occur, and a statement that if this warning is not heeded, a vehicle crash can occur (49 CFR 577.5 (f)(1)).- Your company’s program shall include a plan for reimbursing an owner or purchaser who incurred costs to obtain a remedy for the problem addressed by the recall within a reasonable time in advance of your company’s notification of owners, purchasers and dealers, in accordance with § 573.13 of this part. Your company’s plan may incorporate by reference a general reimbursement plan it previously submitted to NHTSA, together with information specific to the individual recall. Information required by § 573.13 that is not in a general reimbursement plan shall be submitted in your company’s report to NHTSA under this section. If your company submits one or more general reimbursement plans, your company shall update each plan every two years, in accordance with § 573.13. Your company’s remedy program and reimbursement plans will be available for inspection by the public at NHTSA headquarters (49 CFR 573.6 (c)(8)(i)). If the vehicles are new and would be covered under the manufacturer’s warranty program, please state that in the remedy section of your filing.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 4,530 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- CTR Outer TIE RODBuilt from Jan 1, 2019 to May 31, 2019
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Capco USA, Inc..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. 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.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
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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.