Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (Motor Wheel)
Vehicle equipment recall 73E-004. NHTSA received MOTOR WHEEL CORP.’s report on May 10, 1972.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MOTOR WHEEL CORP.’s report on May 10, 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: Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs.
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: POSSIBILITY THAT A HUB AND STUD ASSEMBLY DESIGNED FOR USE WITH A BRAKE DRUM WASERRONEOUSLY INSTALLED ON AN UNBRAKED AXLE.THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE SOMEWHEELS NOT TO SEAT PROPERLY AND WHEEL NUTS WOULD NOT FASTEN WHEELS ADEQUATELY,RESULTING IN WHEEL WOOBLE AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF WHEEL.(CORRECT BY INSPECTINGAND REPLACE WHERE NECESSARY WITH PROPER HUB ASSEMBLY.)
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 2,004 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Motor Wheel Motor WheelNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by MOTOR WHEEL CORP..
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.