PE02091SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
KENWORTH KENWORTH (1998)
20021203
NHTSA IDPE02091
ManufacturerPACCAR Incorporated
Make / ModelKENWORTH KENWORTH
Year1998
ComponentSUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
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Investigation Summary
20030523 03V125000 FRONT AXLE BEARING FAILURE THE COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER ARE:SKF (HUB MFR), ARVINMERITOR (FRONT AXLE MFR), AND PACCAR, THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS FOR KENWORTH AND PETERBILT, ( MANUFACTURERS OF CLASS VIII TRACTOR-TRAILERS).SKF IDENTIFIED MANUFACTURING DEFECTS FOR SPECIFIC BUILD DATES ON FRONT AXLE HUB AND BEARINGS (WHEEL BEARINGS) SUPPLIED TO ARVIN MERITOR.AS A RESULT, ARVINMERITOR NOTIFIED PACCAR WHO IN TURN NOTIFIED THEIR TRUCK DIVISIONS OF THE DEFECTIVE UNITS.AS A RESULT, 220 TRUCKS ARE BEING RECALLED BY PACCAR FOR DEFECTIVE FRONT AXLE WHEEL BEARINGS WHICH MAY FAIL IN SUCH A WAY THAT A WHEEL SEPARATION OR WHEEL BEARING FIRE OCCURS.SEE ATTACHED SUMMARY REPORT AND DEFECT REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.