2000 Eager Beaver 35GSL & 2000 Eager Beaver 50GSL + 1 more recall: suspension
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: flatbed (lowbed) trailers equipped with ridewell model 240 air-ride suspensions. The ridwell air-ride suspension to axle connection was improperly welded.
💥 The risk
This weld CAN fail allowing the axle to disconnect from the suspension saddle, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the trailers and if a repair is necessary, will arrange and pay for the repair. Owner notification began october 27, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact general engines at 1-800-257-8163.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 01V193000
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL ENGINES COMPANY, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 98
- Component
- SUSPENSION
- Owner phone
- 1-800-257-8163
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Oct 27, 2000
- Built
- Jun 10, 1999 – Oct 26, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).