Wheels (Kelsey Hayes)
Vehicle equipment recall 80E-013. NHTSA received KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY’s report on Jun 23, 1980.
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The short answer
NHTSA received KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY’s report on Jun 23, 1980. 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.
CERTAIN VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH THE WRONG SIZE WHEELS.
THESE WHEELS HAVE A LOWER LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY WHICH COULD LEAD TO TRAILER OVERLOADING, RIM MATERIAL SEPARATION IN THE BEAD SEAT AREA, LOSS OF AIR AND POSSIBLE SEPARATION OF TIRE AND RIM FROM THE TRAILER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels.
What should you do?
OWNERS SHOULD INSPECT THEIR WHEELS, INCLUDING THE SPARE, FOR A MARKING OF “15 X 5”. THESE WILL BE REPLACED BY “15 X 6” WHEELS WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRAVEL TRAILERS.SYSTEM: SUSPENSION; WHEELS; HAYES, MODEL NOS. 3000 AND 5000 SERIES 33 AND 55.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF WHEEL RIM AND TIRE COULD RESULT INLOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 56 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Kelsey Hayes Kelsey HayesBuilt from Nov 1, 1978 to Nov 1, 1978
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.