Hearth Record

Suspension: rear: axle: spindle (Rockwell)

Vehicle equipment recall 90E-012. NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on May 4, 1990.

NHTSA’s own record, on nhtsa.gov

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NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on May 4, 1990. 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 COULD OCCUR AFFECTING VEHICLE CONTROL AND STABILITY AS WELL AS PRESENTING A HAZARD TO OTHER HIGHWAY USERS, BYSTANDERS, AND PROPERTY.

A NUMBER OF FACTORS COULD CAUSE LONGITIDUNAL AND - OR TRANSVERSE CRACKS IN THE SPINDLE END THAT COULD LEAD TO SPINDLE END FAILURE AND SEPARATION OF WHEELS FROM VEHICLE.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear: axle: spindle.

What should you do?

REPLACE AXLES WITH AXLES MANUFACTURED WITH BUTTWELD SPINDLES, RATHER THAN ORIGINAL INTEGRAL SPINDLES.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: NON-DRIVING REAR TRACTOR AXLES.VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRACTOR TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH TK AND TN TRACTOR AXLES AND 15 INCH THREE SPOKE WHEELS.

Which ones are recalled?

NHTSA counts 7,616 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

Source:

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.
Source:

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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

Source:

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.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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