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Featherlite bearing system has exhibited low durability life in certain vehicle applications.

NHTSA campaign 11V-396 · Reported March 1, 2011 · 127 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Featherlite
VEHICLES AFFECTED
127
REMEDY
FEATHERLITE HAS NOTIFIED OWNERS AND ARVINMERITOR IS PERFORMING THE REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE.
COST
Free

The short version

FEATHERLITE, INC. reported a problem with the power train axle assembly. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

THE BEARING SYSTEM HAS EXHIBITED LOW DURABILITY LIFE IN CERTAIN VEHICLE APPLICATIONS.

WHY IT MATTERS

PROLONGED USE OF THE SYSTEM IN THESE APPLICATIONS CAN RESULT IN THE DEGRADATION OF THE BEARING GREASE, THEREBY POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN A BEARING FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT WHEEL END FIRE.

WHAT TO DO

FEATHERLITE HAS NOTIFIED OWNERS AND ARVINMERITOR IS PERFORMING THE REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 11V-396.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 11V-396

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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