United States 08V605000
Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLC
The problem
SEAGRAVE RECALLED 1 MY 2008 MARAUDER II FIRE TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH ARVINMERITOR AXLE ASSEMBLIES WITH SUSPECT WHEEL END STUDS. THE WHEEL END STUDS WERE IMPROPERLY TEMPERED, POTENTIALLY RENDERING THEM BRITTLE AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO FRACTURE. IF ONE WHEEL STUD FRACTURES, THE REMAINING WHEEL STUDS ARE REQUIRED TO CARRY MORE LOAD. IF LEFT IN THIS CONDITION, THE REMAINING WHEEL STUDS MAY ALSO FRACTURE EVEN IF THEY ARE PROPERLY MANUFACTURED.
Risk
FRACTURED WHEEL STUDS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
What owners should do
THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND DID NOT NEED REPAIR.
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