VOLKSWAGEN KARMAN GHIA 1968: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 68V048000

Make Model Year
VOLKSWAGEN KARMAN GHIA 1968
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1968-05-01 1968-05-07 1979-10-12

Production Dates: 1967-08-01 - 1972-05-01

Manufacturers Involved: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Component: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 87860

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Notes

POSSIBILITY WHEEL BOLTS WERE NOT CORRECTLY TORQUED AND WHEELS WERE NOT CORRECTLY CENTERED.IF VEHICLE IS OPERATED UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS AND ESPECIALLY IF THE HAND BRAKE HAS NOT BEEN FULLY RELEASED, THE WHEEL BOLTS MAY LOOSEN.'CORRECT BY INSPECTION OF WHEEL AND WHEEL BOLTS AND PROPERLY CENTERING WHEELS AND TORQUING BOLTS.'