Engineering Analysis · Closed

Wheel Separations (Broken Studs)

Action number

EA11007

Opened

May 27, 2011

Closed

Jul 16, 2012

Outcome

Recall 12V028000

Manufacturer: DRV Suites

This investigation led to a recall

NHTSA links this probe to recall campaign 12V028000.

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What NHTSA is examining

EA11-007 is closed with the submission of recall campaign 12V-028 submitted by DRV.The population included in the campaign action includes 1,701 model year 2008, 2010, and early-2011 DRV models Select, Mobile, and Elite Suite DRV motor homes equipped with disc brakes.The absence of wheel end loosening and/or separation reports related to DRV vehicles produced after January 2011 indicates that changes in manufacturing practices that DRV adopted have improved the integrity of the wheel end system in these vehicles.Further details of this investigation are summarized in the attached closing report.The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following identification (ODI) numbers: 10357608, 10357609

Vehicles under investigation

2010 Double Tree Elite2010 Double Tree Mobile Suite2010 Double Tree Select Suite2008 DRV Elite Suite2010 DRV Elite Suite2011 DRV Elite Suite2008 DRV Mobile2010 DRV Mobile2011 DRV Mobile2008 DRV Select2010 DRV Select2011 DRV Select2010 Mobile Suites MY

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation records, updated daily. An investigation is not a determination that a defect exists; many probes close without a recall.