The defect
AUXILIARY (TAG) AXLE MAY DEVELOP CRACKS OR BREAK DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.
The remedy
NO CORRECTIVE INFORMATION WAS SUPPLIED BY THE MANUFACTURER.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Prevost Lemirage | 1982, 1983, 1984 |
| Prevost Lemirage XL | 1982, 1983, 1984 |
| Prevost Marathon | 1982, 1983, 1984 |
| Prevost Marathon XL | 1982, 1983, 1984 |
Components: SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prevost Lemirage | 1982 | 0 | 5 |
| Prevost Lemirage | 1983 | 0 | 1 |
| Prevost Lemirage | 1984 | 0 | 2 |
| Prevost Lemirage XL | 1982 | 0 | 1 |
| Prevost Lemirage XL | 1983 | 0 | 1 |
| Prevost Lemirage XL | 1984 | 0 | 4 |
| Prevost Marathon | 1982 | 0 | 2 |
| Prevost Marathon | 1983 | 0 | 2 |
| Prevost Marathon | 1984 | 0 | 4 |
| Prevost Marathon XL | 1982 | 0 | 1 |
| Prevost Marathon XL | 1983 | 0 | 1 |
| Prevost Marathon XL | 1984 | 0 | 3 |
Other suspension recalls in 1984
13 of the 164 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1984 concerned the suspension; PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED filed 50 campaigns in all.
| 84V159000 20 Dec 1984 | FREIGHTLINER CORP. |
| 84V153000 28 Nov 1984 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 84V142000 7 Nov 1984 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 84V121000 5 Oct 1984 | DOLPHIN RV PRODUCTS INC. |
| 84V110000 21 Sept 1984 | OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION |
| 84V104000 6 Sept 1984 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 84V089000 14 Aug 1984 | GRUMMAN ALLIED IND., INC. |
| 84V070000 1 Jun 1984 | VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1984