The defect
CRACKS MAY DEVELOP IN THE MAIN FRAME AT THE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT DUE TO DEFECTIVE WELDING. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: MAIN FRAME COULD FRACTURE AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE COULD CRASH.
The remedy
MODIFY MAIN FRAME AT LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT AND/OR INSTALL REINFORCEMENT TO PREVENT CRACKING.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Alloy | 1984, 1985, 1986 |
Components: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alloy | 1984 | 0 | 1 |
| Alloy | 1985 | 0 | 1 |
| Alloy | 1986 | 0 | 1 |
Other structure recalls in 1986
7 of the 173 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1986 concerned the structure; ALLOY TRAILERS,INC filed 2 campaigns in all.
| 86V002000 2 Dec 1986 | AUTOMATIC EQUIP. MFG. CO. |
| 86V118000 26 Aug 1986 | FREIGHTLINER CORP. |
| 86V100000 28 Jul 1986 | THEURER INC. |
| 86V089000 11 Jul 1986 | VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP |
| 86V011000 28 Jan 1986 | FREIGHTLINER CORP. |
| 86V008000 17 Jan 1986 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1986