Wheels: multi piece (Rockwell)
Vehicle equipment recall 77E-018. NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Sep 12, 1977.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Sep 12, 1977. 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.
THE INVOLVED ALUMINUM HUBS MAY DEVELOP CRACKS IN THE BARREL BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER BEARING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO HUB FAILURE.
UPON FAILURE, THE SEPARATED HUB IS RETAINED ON THE AXLE SPINDLE BY THE WHEEL BEARING ADJUSTING NUTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels: multi piece.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE SUSPECT FRONT WHEEL HUBS WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: WHEELS; FRONT WHEEL ALUMINUM HUBS, PART NO. 333P2304.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: CONTINUED OPERATION AFTER HUB FAILURE COULD RESULT IN ATIRE BLOW OUT OR COULD ALLOW THE TIRE AND WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.IN EITHER CASE, LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR.NOTE: AN AUDIBLE SOUND ALONG WITH THUMPING OR WHEEL WOBBLE MAY ALERT THE DRIVERTO HUB SEPARATION.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 18,751 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rockwell RockwellNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL.
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.