Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft (White Truck)
Vehicle recall 82V-009. NHTSA received WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION’s report on Jan 25, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION’s report on Jan 25, 1982. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 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.
ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES, THE REAR AXLES MAY FRACTURE AND ULTIMATELY ALLOW FOR A SEPARATION OF THE REAR OUTER ENDS IN THE SPINDLE ATTACHMENT TO AXLE HOUSING AREA.
SUCH A FRACTURE MAY ALSO CAUSE THE SPINDLE AND ITS COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE WHEELS, BRAKES, DRUMS, ETC.
TO BECOME DISENGAGED FROM THE AXLE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE HOUSING, IF NECESSARY, AT NO COST TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: SUSPENSION; REAR AXLE.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: SEPARATION OF THE ABOVE COMPONENTS FROM THE AXLE WHILEVEHICLE IS IN OPERATION COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND ANACCIDENT.NOTE: THE WHEEL SEAL SHOULD BE CHECKED FOR OIL LEAKS SINCE OIL LEAKING USUALLYPRECEDES SPINDLE SEPARATION FAILURE. IF OIL LEAKAGE IS DETECTED, THE VEHICLESHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. HOWEVER, FAILURES MAY OCCUR THATARE NOT PRECEDED BY A DETECTABLE LEAK.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 600 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- White Truck White Truckand 1975, 1976 and 1977, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.