Alcoa Aluminum Wheel, model year 9999. Filed by Alcoa Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 15 June 2015. 45,794 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Alcoa Inc. (Alcoa) is recalling certain 22.5" X 8.25" aluminum wheels, model number 88367X, manufactured from April 27, 2015, through May 19, 2015. Due to a forging problem, the wheel rim flange section may separate during the initial tire mounting and inflation process.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15E051 cover?
- Alcoa Aluminum Wheel.
- What is wrong with them?
- Alcoa Inc. (Alcoa) is recalling certain 22.5" X 8.25" aluminum wheels, model number 88367X, manufactured from April 27, 2015, through May 19, 2015. Due to a forging problem, the wheel rim flange section may separate during the initial tire mounting and inflation process.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Personal injury could occur if the flange separates during the initial tire mounting and inflation process.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Alcoa will notify its original equipment manufacturers, fleets and distributor customers, and will inspect and replace as necessary, free of charge, that has not yet had a tire mounted and subjected to full operating inflation pressure. The recall began on July 31, 2015.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “Personal injury could occur if the flange separates during the initial tire mounting and inflation process.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15E051 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Alcoa Inc. |
| System at fault | Wheels |
| Reported to NHTSA | 15 June 2015 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | ALCOA ALUMINUM WHEEL |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Personal injury could occur if the flange separates during the initial tire mounting and inflation process.
The remedy
Alcoa will notify its original equipment manufacturers, fleets and distributor customers, and will inspect and replace as necessary, free of charge, that has not yet had a tire mounted and subjected to full operating inflation pressure. The recall began on July 31, 2015. Owners may contact Alcoa customer service at 1-844-276-1567 or 88367Xquestions@alcoa.com.
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 191 notices in the record whose component field names wheels. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 30 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15E051, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15e051/
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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- Defect summary
4f40631c - Consequence
8db23079 - Remedy
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