Skf Axle Seal, model year 9999. Filed by SKF USA, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 24 July 2014. 82,509 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says SKF USA, Inc. (SKF) is recalling certain axle seals, part numbers 28554 and 28555, installed on 1999-2013 Chevrolet and GMC full size vans, pickup trucks, and SUV's with a full floating rear end. The inner diameter of the affected seals may be too large to adequately contain the differential gear oil, allowing it to …
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.
SKF's own number for this recall: PRO14-004USCA. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 14E046 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 14E046 cover?
- SKF Axle Seal.
- What is wrong with them?
- SKF USA, Inc. (SKF) is recalling certain axle seals, part numbers 28554 and 28555, installed on 1999-2013 Chevrolet and GMC full size vans, pickup trucks, and SUV's with a full floating rear end.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Leaking gear oil can contaminate the brake friction material, reducing the vehicle's braking ability and increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. SKF will notify owners. For vehicles that had seal 28554 installed, service centers will inspect each vehicle and replace any axle seal that is leaking. Vehicles that had axle seal 28555 installed will have their axle seals replaced. These services will be performed free of charge.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Skf calls this recall PRO14-004USCA, 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: “Leaking gear oil can contaminate the brake friction material, reducing the vehicle's braking ability and increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14E046 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | SKF USA, Inc. |
| System at fault | Power Train:Axle Assembly:Axle Shaft:Seal |
| Reported to NHTSA | 24 July 2014 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | SKF AXLE SEAL |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Leaking gear oil can contaminate the brake friction material, reducing the vehicle's braking ability and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
SKF will notify owners. For vehicles that had seal 28554 installed, service centers will inspect each vehicle and replace any axle seal that is leaking. Vehicles that had axle seal 28555 installed will have their axle seals replaced. These services will be performed free of charge. The recall began during September 2014. Owners may contact SKF customer service at 1-800-644-8999. SKF's number for this recall is PRO14-004USCA.
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 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. 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 14E046, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14e046/
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 14E046 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b36ae226 - Consequence
012b4dc3 - 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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