Suspension: rear (Sunrader)
Vehicle recall 85V-126. NHTSA received SUNRADER,INC.’s report on Oct 11, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received SUNRADER,INC.’s report on Oct 11, 1985. 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.
MOTORHOMES EXCEED THE LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE S10 CHASSIS DUE TO INADEQUATE SIZED REAR AXLES AND AXLE BEARINGS.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: FAILURE OF REAR AXLE AND BEARING DUE TO OVERLOAD, ALSO POSSIBLE LOSS OF REAR WHEELS WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear.
What should you do?
REPLACE REAR AXLE AND BEARING WITH PROPER SIZE FOR RATED LOAD.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: REAR SUSPENSION. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORHOMES BUILT ON CHEVROLET S10 TRUCK CHASSIS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 8 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Sunrader Sunraderand 1982 and 1983, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by SUNRADER,INC..
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.