The defect
IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED AXLE SUSPENSION BRACKETS COULD CAUSE BRACKET SEPARATION FROM THE AXLE HOUSING.
The risk
THIS COULD RESULT IN PARTIAL LOSS OF BUS CONTROL AND ACRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
The remedy
INSTALL AN AXLE STRAP OR REPLACE AXLE.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Transportation T70206 | 1988, 1989 |
| Transportation T70606 | 1988, 1989 |
| Transportation T80206 | 1988, 1989 |
| Transportation T80606 | 1988, 1989 |
Components: SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation T70206 | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Transportation T70206 | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| Transportation T70606 | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Transportation T70606 | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| Transportation T80206 | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Transportation T80206 | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| Transportation T80606 | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Transportation T80606 | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
Other suspension recalls in 1989
19 of the 234 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1989 concerned the suspension; TRANSPORTATION MFG. CORP. filed 17 campaigns in all.
| 89V236000 26 Dec 1989 | GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. |
| 89V228000 5 Dec 1989 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| 89V133000 10 Aug 1989 | PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC. |
| 89V132000 8 Aug 1989 | MOTOR COACH IND., INC. |
| 89V120000 24 Jul 1989 | PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED |
| 89V123000 24 Jul 1989 | COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| 89V119000 24 Jul 1989 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 89V117000 18 Jul 1989 | GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1989