Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly (Rockwell)
Vehicle equipment recall 89E-001. NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Jan 17, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Jan 17, 1989. 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?
SHOULD FATIGUE CRACK IN THE BEAM COMPLETELY BREAK ORRUPTURE DURING NORMAL OPERATION IT COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL AND THEPOSSIBILITY OF VEHICLE CRASH.
DUE TO METAL FATIGUE, CRACKING AND BREAKING OF THE FRONT AXLE BEAM CENTER COULD OCCUR.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly.
What should you do?
THE AXLE BEAM CENTERS WILL BE REPLACED ON ALL INVOLVED VEHICLES.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: AXLEVEHICLE CATEGORY: HEAVY TRUCKS.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,964 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rockwell RockwellBuilt from Sep 1, 1988 to Oct 1, 1988
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL.
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).
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