Steering: linkages (Rockwell)
Vehicle equipment recall 90E-016. NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Jun 12, 1990.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Jun 12, 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?
STEERING ARM COULD FAIL WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND POSSIBLY A CRASH.
STEERING ARM MAY FRACTURE DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL, MAINTENANCE, OR OTHER FACTORS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: linkages.
What should you do?
INSTALL REDSIGNED STEERING ARM.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: STEERING ARM.VEHICLE CATEGORY: HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS; TRANSIT MIXERS AND REFUSE HAULERS EQUIPPED WITH FL, FDS,AND FR SERIES STEERING ARMS.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 8,138 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rockwell RockwellBuilt from Jan 1, 1975 to Dec 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).
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.