Suspension: multiple axle (Scania)
Vehicle recall 86V-141. NHTSA received SAAB CARS USA, INC.’s report on Oct 23, 1986.
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The short answer
NHTSA received SAAB CARS USA, INC.’s report on Oct 23, 1986. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 26, 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.
CLAMPING FORCE OF THE BOLTS TO THE TANDEM SPRING END BEARINGS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: MOVEMENT OF SPRING END BEARINGS IN RELATION TO THE REAR AXLE COULD RESULT IN THE AXLE COMING LOOSE FROM THE SPRING.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: multiple axle.
What should you do?
REPLACE STUDS, NUTS AND BOLTS ON THE TANDEM SPRING END BEARINGS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: SUSPENSION. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MU6X4 TANDEM TRUCKS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 68 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Scania P112and 1985 and 1986, before the model years listed here
- Scania R112and 1985 and 1986, before the model years listed here
- Scania T112and 1985 and 1986, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by SAAB CARS USA, INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 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 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 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 26, 2026.