Steering: linkages (Dana)
Vehicle equipment recall 93E-026. NHTSA received DANA CORPORATION’s report on Aug 6, 1993.
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The short answer
NHTSA received DANA CORPORATION’s report on Aug 6, 1993. 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?
FAILURE OF THE TIE ROD RESULTS IN LOSS OF STEERINGCONTROL AND A POSSIBLE VEHICLE CRASH.
CERTAIN S9000 FRONT DRIVE AXLE ASSEMBLIES MAY CONTAIN A TIE-ROD WHICH MAY FRACTURE AT THE ADJUSTABLE SLEEVE DUE TO FATIGUE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: linkages.
What should you do?
REPLACE THE TIE ROD WITH A TIE ROD THAT DOES NOT USE AN ADJUSTMENT SLEEVE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: STEERING; LINKAGES.EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: SPICER OFF-HIGHWAY DIVISION’S S9000 FRONT DRIVE AXLEASSEMBLIES USED ON TRUCKS.NOTE: NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL HAS CONDUCTED A SEPARATE RECALL OF THE VEHICLESIT PRODUCED WITH THIS TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 93V013000. THEMANUFACTURERS WHO WILL HAVE RECALLED VEHICLES THROUGH THIS DANA CORP. RECALLARE : MONROE TRUCK, TULSA TRUCK, HOWE BROTHERS, SPECIAL TRUCKS, SWEEPRITE, ANDEQUIPMENT SOUTHWEST.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 83 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Dana Axle AssemblyNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by DANA CORPORATION.
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.