Steering: linkages (Rockwell)
Vehicle equipment recall 91E-022. NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Jun 6, 1991.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL’s report on Jun 6, 1991. 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 FAILURE CAUSES LOSS OF STEERING CONTROLWITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND IN THE POSSIBILITY OFAN ACCIDENT.
DUE TO OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS, STEERING ARMS COULD CRACK AND BREAK.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: linkages.
What should you do?
REPLACE STEERING ARM WITH ONE REDESIGNED TO ENHANCE FATIGUE LIFE OF ARM.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: STEERING ARMS (NON-“KEYSTONE”).VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: REAR LOAD REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 4,299 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rockwell RockwellNHTSA gives no dates made
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.