{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "TRW recall 18E048: Aftermarket Replacement Ball Joints, Part Number JBJ343",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18e048/",
  "summary": "Recall 18E048 (TRW): A loss of steering control can increase the risk of a crash.",
  "excerpt": "Trw Ball Joint, model year 9999. Filed by TRW Automotive Inc and reported to NHTSA on 26 June 2018. 310 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says TRW Automotive Inc (TRW) is recalling certain aftermarket replacement Ball Joints, part number JBJ343. These ball joints have attachments nuts that are the incorrect size, possibly causing a loss of steering control. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A loss of steering control can increase the risk of a crash.” 18E048 TRW Automotive Inc Steering 26 June 2018 9999-9999 TRW BALL JOINT A loss of steering control can increase the risk of a crash. TRW will notify the known purchasers and owners, and reimburse them for the returned ball joints, free of charge. The recall began on August 24, 2018. Owners may contact TRW customer service at 1-248-863-2437. This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass. This is one of 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering . Across that group the median wait before owners were written to ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T19:28:20+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-15T11:16:00+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"TRW recall 18E048: Aftermarket Replacement Ball Joints, Part Number JBJ343\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18e048/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}