Vehicle recall 00V354000 · October 31, 2000

1999-2000 Newell Motor Home

Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana speciality axle TS6 tag axles.

Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.

Summary: Vehicle description: motor homes equipped with dana speciality axle TS6 tag axles. Hub overload can cause premature bearing failure at between 12,000 and 20,000 miles.
Consequence: This failure could result in the wheel and tire assembly becoming disconnected from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will install a revised tag axle suspension arrangement to correct this problem. Also, at intervals of 7,500 miles, owners are requested to arrange to have the tag axle wheel bearings replaced at a dealership or call newell to issue authorization to have these bearings changed in a service facility in the field at newell's expense.
Notes: Owner notification began February 22, 2001.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 newell at 1-918-542-3344.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

Recall details

NHTSA campaign: 00V354000
Reported to NHTSA: October 31, 2000
Filed by: NEWELL COACH CORP.
Owner notification: February 22, 2001
Vehicles potentially affected: 55
Initiated by: the manufacturer
Components: Suspension › Front › Wheel bearing

Recall 00V354000 on nhtsa.gov, with the manufacturer’s documents

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Newell Motor Home (1999-2000): 2000, 1999

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