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Kaufman Trailers wheel end caps on the oil bath axles can leak due to a cracked cap or a damaged O-ring.

NHTSA campaign 12V-410 · Reported August 21, 2012 · 302 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Kaufman Trailers
VEHICLES AFFECTED
302
REMEDY
Kaufman will notify owners and will replace the affected wheel end caps and o-rings free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Kaufman Trailers reported a problem with the axle non-powered axle assembly. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The wheel end caps on the oil bath axles can leak due to a cracked cap or a damaged O-ring.

WHY IT MATTERS

The oil may leak out of the wheel end caps and if the condition is not corrected, the loss of oil could result in unexpected wheel bearing failure which may increase the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Kaufman will notify owners and will replace the affected wheel end caps and o-rings free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 12V-410.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 12V-410

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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