Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly (Ekley)
Vehicle equipment recall 94E-038. NHTSA received EKLEY INDUSTRIES’s report on Dec 9, 1994.
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The short answer
NHTSA received EKLEY INDUSTRIES’s report on Dec 9, 1994. 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?
THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
INCONSISTENT WELDING TECHNIQUE CAN CAUSE AXLE SPINDLE WELD TO CRACK, CAUSING MISALIGNMENT OF THE SPINDLE ASSEMBLY OR POSSIBLE SEPARATION OF THE SPINDLE AND WHEEL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly.
What should you do?
AXLES WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEWLY MANUFACTURED AXLE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: SUSPENSION; AXLE.EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: UNIVERSAL TRAILER AXLE SYSTEM.NOTE: IF THE AXLE IS NOT REPLACED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FREE OF CHARGE,PLEASE CONTACT EKLEY AT 1-616-361-7844 COLLECT. ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONALHIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-800-424-9393.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 130 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Ekley TCS 2500Built from Mar 1, 1994 to Mar 1, 1994
Who is recalling it?
- Made by EKLEY INDUSTRIES.
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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