Am General Replacement Frame, model year 9999. Filed by Am General Llc and reported to NHTSA on 31 August 2011. 1,513 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Am general is recalling certain replacement frames manufactured from february 18, 2010, through january 31, 2011, sold for use on model year 1987-1994 united states postal service long life vehicles. cracks may develop in the welds that attach the steering gear bracket to the frame. if not addressed, the steering gear …
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.
Am General's own number for this recall: AMG-R1101. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11E034 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 11E034 cover?
- Am General Replacement Frame.
- What is wrong with them?
- AM GENERAL IS RECALLING CERTAIN REPLACEMENT FRAMES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 18, 2010, THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2011, SOLD FOR USE ON MODEL YEAR 1987-1994 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE LONG LIFE VEHICLES. CRACKS MAY DEVELOP IN THE WELDS THAT ATTACH THE STEERING GEAR BRACKET TO THE FRAME.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- IF THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE STEERING RESPONSE WOULD BE REDUCED WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. AM GENERAL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND INSTALL REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS ON THE VEHICLES, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 3, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AM GENERAL AT 1-877-782-0466.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Am General calls this recall AMG-R1101, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “IF THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE STEERING RESPONSE WOULD BE REDUCED WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11E034 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | AM GENERAL LLC |
| System at fault | Structure:Frame And Members |
| Reported to NHTSA | 31 August 2011 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | AM GENERAL REPLACEMENT FRAME |
What the notice says today
The consequence
IF THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE STEERING RESPONSE WOULD BE REDUCED WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH.
The remedy
AM GENERAL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND INSTALL REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS ON THE VEHICLES, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 3, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AM GENERAL AT 1-877-782-0466.
What it said before
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 11E034, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11e034/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11E034 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
856de4ff - Consequence
ca2d997f - Remedy
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