Suspension: rear: springs: leaf spring assembly: u-bolt, leaf spring to axle (Kelsey Hayes)
Vehicle equipment recall 76E-023. NHTSA received KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY’s report on Dec 6, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY’s report on Dec 6, 1976. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear: springs: leaf spring assembly: u-bolt, leaf spring to axle.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: USED ON LIGHTWEIGHT RECREATIONAL TRAILERS.POSSIBILITY THAT TRAILERS EQUIPPEDWITH KELSEY-HAYES AXLES MAY EXPERIENCE LOOSEN U-BOLT ASSEMBLIES WHICH FASTENTHE SUSPENSION (SPRING ASSEMBLY) TO THE AXLES.IF THIS CONDITION CONDITIONEXISTS, THE AXLE MAY LOOSEN, LEADING TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF TRAILER ANDPOSSIBILITY OF A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING ANDTIGHTENING U-BOLT TO SPECIFIED FOOT POUNDS OF TORQUE).
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 900 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Kelsey Hayes Kelsey HayesNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026.