Wheels: rim (Amer. Racing Equip.)
Vehicle equipment recall 86E-007. NHTSA received AMERICAN RACING EQUIPMENT’s report on Apr 28, 1986.
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The short answer
NHTSA received AMERICAN RACING EQUIPMENT’s report on Apr 28, 1986. 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.
WHEELS FAIL TO COMPLY WITH FMVSS NO. 120 DUE TO INCORRECT SIZE DESIGNATION.
THE WHEEL IS MARKED 16 INCH INSTEAD OF 16 1/2 INCH.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF A 16 INCH TIRE IS MOUNTED ON THIS WHEEL, BEAD DAMAGE COULD OCCUR, CAUSING RAPID LOSS OF AIR WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels: rim.
What should you do?
WHEELS WILL BE EXCHANGED FOR NEW WHEELS WITH THE CORRECT SIZE DESIGNATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRUCKS. SYSTEM: WHEEL/RIM, CAST ALUMINUM 16 1/2 X 8 1/4 INDY STYLE WHEELS, SERIES 110000.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 256 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Amer. Racing Equip. Amer. Racing Equip.Built from May 1, 1982 to Nov 1, 1982
Who is recalling it?
- Made by AMERICAN RACING EQUIPMENT.
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.