Oshkosh Recalls Its Controversial New Mail Carrier Van Because Its Rear Wheels Might Fall Off

American business and subject conveyance manufacturing elephantine Oshkosh is recalling 40 of its controversial Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs) because their rear wheels mightiness autumn disconnected owed to a manufacturing issue. The callback includes 10 electric NGDVs and 30 gas-powered NGDVs.

After investigation of 2 section cases wherever rear wheels fell off, Oshkosh wished nan origin of nan responsibility to beryllium a double-torqued hub fastener that whitethorn travel loose complete clip and let nan brake rotor to abstracted from nan rear axle hub. Regardless of their substance type, affected NGDVs were produced betwixt March 28 and July 16 past year, and nan only imaginable informing of nan responsibility and imaginable instrumentality nonaccomplishment is an audible sound arsenic interaction is made betwixt nan brake rotor and rear axle hub.

According to the NHTSA callback report, Oshkosh will supply a process to affected customers for nan replacement and torquing of caller rear axle hub fasteners, and since each NGDVs progressive successful nan callback are still nether their caller conveyance warranty, owners won't request to beryllium reimbursed for nan repairs.

Oshkosh is simply a elephantine successful nan vehicular manufacturing industry, pinch aggregate different branches and sub brands that make specialized vehicles. They scope from Oshkosh Defense, which is nan sole supplier of mean and dense tactical trucks to nan U.S. Army and Marines, to McNeilus garbage postulation vehicles and Pierce firetrucks. 

Given nan company's extended acquisition building reliable machines that look harsh conditions connected a regular basis, you'd deliberation they would cognize really to debar issues for illustration this, but nobody's perfect. The number of affected vehicles is small, and nan origin of nan callback comes down to an highly mini portion of nan manufacturing process that has been addressed.

Since location are nary Oshkosh dealers, location is nary trader notification day for nan recall, but owners should already beryllium notified of nan callback arsenic of January 30. The callback announcement does not show immoderate day for erstwhile VINs will beryllium searchable, truthful it's imaginable that they will not ever be, which makes immoderate consciousness fixed that nan NGDV is designed solely for nan USPS and is not disposable for civilian purchase.