Suspension: rear: axle: spindle (Rockwell)
Vehicle equipment recall 89E-007. NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Mar 22, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Mar 22, 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?
WHEEL SEPARATION WOULD NOT AFFECT THE CONTROL ORSTABILITY OF THE TRACTOR/TRAILER SINCE OTHER AXLES WOULD SUPPORT THE VEHICLE.THE SEPARATION WOULD CONSTITUTE A HAZARD TO OTHER ROADWAY USERS, BYSTANDERSAND ADJACENT PROPERTY.
FRACTURE OF THE SPINDLE END AND SEPARATION OF THE DUAL WHEELS FROM THE VEHICLE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear: axle: spindle.
What should you do?
INSPECT AND REPLACE AXLE WHERE NECESSARY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: AXLE.VEHICLE CATEGORY: AUTOHAULER VEHICLE, EQUIPPED WITH TK OR TN AXLES.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 9,000 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rockwell RockwellBuilt from Oct 1, 1982 to Jan 1, 1989
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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