The defect
A REQUIRED WELD IN THE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION FRAME ATTACHING AREA WAS OMITTED CAUSING SUSPENSION AND ADAPTOR CHANNELS TO BE OVERLOADED.
The risk
ADAPTOR CHANNELS AND SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBERS COULD CRACK AND FAIL WITH HANGER AND AXLE ASSEMBLY DETACHMENT; THIS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH AND/OR A CATASTROPHIC AXLE DETACHMENT.
The remedy
INSPECTION AND WELD REPAIR, IF NECESSARY, TO ATTACH THE BOGIE SUBFRAME CROSS MEMBERS TO THE BOGIE ADAPTOR CHANNEL.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Great Dane | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
Components: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:HANGER,BRACKET
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Dane | 1987 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Dane | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Dane | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
Other suspension recalls in 1990
8 of the 208 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1990 concerned the suspension; GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. filed 29 campaigns in all.
| 90V193000 14 Nov 1990 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 90V186000 19 Oct 1990 | HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP. |
| 90V086000 7 May 1990 | SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. |
| 90V064000 2 Apr 1990 | UNION CITY BODY COMPANY |
| 90V059000 23 Mar 1990 | UTILIMASTER CORPORATION |
| 90V032000 12 Feb 1990 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 90V010000 23 Jan 1990 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1990