Wheels: rim (Hamlin Steel)
Vehicle equipment recall 83E-012. NHTSA received HAMLIN STEEL PRODUCTS,INC’s report on Nov 25, 1983.
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The short answer
NHTSA received HAMLIN STEEL PRODUCTS,INC’s report on Nov 25, 1983. 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.
WHEEL RIM MAY CRACK OR WARP UNDER USE AND CAUSE TIRE TO LOSE AIR.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels: rim.
What should you do?
RECALLED WHEELS WILL BE REPLACED BY THE TRAILER DISTRIBUTORS, WITHOUT COST TO OWNERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRAVEL TRAILER.SYSTEM: SUSPENSION; WHEELS; 4 HOLE AND 5 HOLE ADVENTURE 13 INCH.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: LOSS OF AIR FROM TIRE COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLECONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: WARNING SIGNS OF THE DEFECT INCLUDE THUMPING NOISES IN THE TRAILER ANDPROBLEMS IN MANEUVERING VEHICLE. DRIVERS ARE ASKED TO OPERATE VEHICLES AT SLOWSPEEDS AND NOT TO OVERLOAD THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 24,719 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Hamlin Steel Hamlin SteelNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by HAMLIN STEEL PRODUCTS,INC.
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.