Wheels: hubcap/cover (NMB)
Vehicle equipment recall 85E-018. NHTSA received NMB CORP.’s report on May 20, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received NMB CORP.’s report on May 20, 1985. 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.
IMPROPER SHAPING OF BOLT HOLE COUNTERSINK AS WELL AS COUNTERSINK BEING TOO SHALLOW AND ECCENTRIC TO THE BOLT HOLE IN SOME CASES CAUSING LUG NUT TO LOSE PROPER TORQUE.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: WHEN LUG NUTS LOSE PROPER TORQUE IT CAUSES CRACKS TO DEVELOP IN DISC WHEEL WHICH COULD FAIL AND FALL OFF CAUSING VEHICLE CRASH.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels: hubcap/cover.
What should you do?
WHEELS WILL BE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED OR REPLACED AS NECESSARY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: DESCRIPTION: HIGHWAY TRUCKS, TRAILERS AND BUSES.SYSTEM: DISC WHEELS 22.5 X 8.25; 24.5 X 8.25.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 24,240 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NMB NMBBuilt from Jan 1, 1985 to Mar 1, 1985
Who is recalling it?
- Made by NMB CORP..
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.