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1992 Motor Wheel Whd-8 Nut Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 10, 2012
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 10, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1992 Motor Wheel Whd-8 Nut. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Other / unspecified
Filed Dec 10, 2012

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F350 EQUIPPED WITH MOTO METAL 909 WHEELS (NA). THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL SOUNDED AS IF IT EXPLODED. THE WHEELS THEN STARTED FRACTURING INTO SEVERAL FRAGMENTED PIECES. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO FUNCTION ERRATICALLY AS THE CONTACT MERGED OFF THE ROAD. THE WHEEL FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE WHEEL WAS REMOVED AND THE SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED IN ITS PLACE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY FAILURE WITH THE WHEEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE DISTRIBUTOR. THE DISTRIBUTOR WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SEND PICTURES AND A COPY OF THE RECEIPT. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE WHEEL WAS 70,000. UPDATED 01/09/13*LJ

NHTSA ID
10487894
Incident
Dec 8, 2012

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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