Timken recall: Suspension
What is wrong
Timken is recalling certain timken tapered roller bearings, part number 25877, sold and installed as original equipment for certain heavy trucks. The wheel bearing cone rollers may not have been properly heat treated. These bearing products bear a date code, "zj".
What could happen
Improperly heat treated bearings can fail under loads/stresses possibly resulting in a wheel separation and a crash.
The fix
Timken will replace the bearings free of charge. Timken notified its customers on may 19, 2011. Owners may contact either timken at 1-330-471-3693 or their vehicle manufacturer.
Vehicles covered
- Timken Wheel Hub Bearing
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 11E029000
- Type
- Equipment
- Filed by
- Timken Corporation
- Reported to NHTSA
- Jul 11, 2011
- Owners notified
- May 19, 2011
- Vehicles or items affected
- 7,260
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Suspension › Front › Wheel bearing
Notes
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Timken recall: Wheels Jan 17, 2025
- Ford / Mazda / Mercury and more recall: Suspension Jun 3, 2015
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.