Meritor Mfs Non-Drive Steer Axle, model year 9999. Filed by Meritor, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 13 June 2014. 229 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Meritor, Inc. (Meritor) is recalling certain MFS12143ANN model non-drive steer axles. Due to a manufacturing error, there may be weak spots in the beam of the affected axle assemblies.
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.
Meritor's own number for this recall: C14AC. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 14E030 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 14E030 cover?
- Meritor MFS Non-Drive Steer Axle.
- What is wrong with them?
- Meritor, Inc. (Meritor) is recalling certain MFS12143ANN model non-drive steer axles. Due to a manufacturing error, there may be weak spots in the beam of the affected axle assemblies.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Weak spots in the axle beam may result in sudden axle failure, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Meritor will notify the vehicle manufacturers that purchased the affected axles. The affected axle beams will be replaced, free of charge. Owners may contact Meritor customer service at 1-248-435-1725. Meritor's number for this recall is C14AC.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Meritor calls this recall C14AC, 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: “Weak spots in the axle beam may result in sudden axle failure, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14E030 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Meritor, Inc. |
| System at fault | Steering |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 June 2014 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | MERITOR MFS NON-DRIVE STEER AXLE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Weak spots in the axle beam may result in sudden axle failure, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Meritor will notify the vehicle manufacturers that purchased the affected axles. The affected axle beams will be replaced, free of charge. Owners may contact Meritor customer service at 1-248-435-1725. Meritor's number for this recall is C14AC.
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 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 14E030, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14e030/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Meritor notices we hold
- 24E103: 10-16K and 18-23K front steer drive axles, part numbers FSD 8-16K and FSD 18
- 24E062: replacement tie rods equipped with USK ball studs, part numbers A1-3102F4738, A1-3102E4737, and A1-3102P4748
- 23E031: front drive steer axles, models MFS and FF, with part numbers MFS20133ANK66, MFS20133ANK86, and FF961LX296
- 23E022: front drive steer axles, models MX23810 and MX24810, with part numbers MX23810DANC12-538, and MX24810DANC3-614
- 22E085: Front Non-Drive Steer Axles, FL941 & MFS Series
- 22E027: 180 Series Drive Pinions
- 21E098: 180 Series Drive Pinions
- 21E028: 14Xe ePowertrains part numbers A-3200A2653-657, A-3200D2656-478
All 34 Meritor campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
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 14E030 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
7f5ea483 - Consequence
fdcbef80 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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