2000 Javelin Boat Trailer & 2000 Stratos Boat Trailer recall: wheels
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: Boat trailers equipped with aluminum wheels. These wheels have a chamfered central hole where the axle spindle passes through. On some, the chamfer is too shallow causing the wheel bearing dust cap to protrude behind the wheel. When this cap is protruding, wheel lug bolt torque will not remain tightened.
💥 The risk
If undetected, wheel studs CAN break allowing the wheel to fall off increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Stratos has gone out of business. The correction was to replace these wheels.
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
- 99V293000
- Manufacturer
- STRATOS BOATS
- Vehicles affected
- 2,433
- Component
- WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-731-8473
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Mar 10, 2000
- Built
- Sep 4, 1999 – Nov 23, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification is expected to begin during march 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 stratos at 1-800-731-8473.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).