Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly (Peerless)
Vehicle recall 72V-213. NHTSA received ROYAL INDUSTRIES’s report on Sep 1, 1972.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROYAL INDUSTRIES’s report on Sep 1, 1972. 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?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: PEERLESS CAMPAIGN NO N/A.LOG TRAILER.1961 THRU 1966 EQUIPMENT WITH STANDARDFORGE S900 POSSIBILITY THAT AXLE SPINDLE MAY FAIL DUE TO EXTREME ROUGH SERVICEAND SEVERE STRESS LOADS.WHEN SPINDLE FAILS IT BECOMES DISENGAGED FROM AXLE,ALLOWING ASSEMBLY TO ROLL FREE FROM TRAILER IN UNCONTROLLED MANNER.(CORRECTBY INSPECTING AND REPLACING WITH NEW COMPLETED AXLE BEAM.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 2,600 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Peerless Peerlessand 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ROYAL INDUSTRIES.
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.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- 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.