Dorman Control Arm, model year 9999. Filed by Dorman Products, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 31 May 2018. 4,025 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Dorman Products, Inc. (Dorman) is recalling certain Dorman control arms, part numbers 521-898, 521-897, CA14583 and CA14584. These control arms may have a ball stud that can pull through the steering knuckle causing a partial loss of steering.
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.
Dorman's own number for this recall: CA0518XXXX. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18E037 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 18E037 cover?
- Dorman Control Arm.
- What is wrong with them?
- Dorman Products, Inc. (Dorman) is recalling certain Dorman control arms, part numbers 521-898, 521-897, CA14583 and CA14584. These control arms may have a ball stud that can pull through the steering knuckle causing a partial loss of steering.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Loss of steering ability can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dorman will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ball stud with a new ball stud nut, free of charge. The recall began August 15, 2018. Owners may contact Dorman customer service at 1-800-523-2492. Dorman's number for this recall is CA0518XXXX.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Dorman calls this recall CA0518XXXX, 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: “Loss of steering ability can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18E037 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Dorman Products, Inc. |
| System at fault | Suspension:Front:Control Arm |
| Reported to NHTSA | 31 May 2018 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | DORMAN CONTROL ARM |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Loss of steering ability can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dorman will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ball stud with a new ball stud nut, free of charge. The recall began August 15, 2018. Owners may contact Dorman customer service at 1-800-523-2492. Dorman's number for this recall is CA0518XXXX.
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 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 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 18E037, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18e037/
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 Dorman notices we hold
- 23E075: Suspension Ball Joints, with part number BJ50075, and 2601797
- 18E004: Dorman A/C Bypass Pulley Brackets, part number 34283, and Solutions A/C Bypass Pulley Brackets, part number 660-2001-1
- 17E032: aftermarket power window switches, Dorman-brand part numbers 901-601 and 901-370, and Solutions-brand part numbers 730-7444-1 and 730-7630-1
- 16E085: Dorman P/N 525-016, Solutions P/N 665-3499 and OE Solutions P/N 525-016 aftermarket clock spring assemblies manufactured January 18, 2016, to October 11, 2016
- 13E024: master cylinders, model number M630274-BX, manufactured by Bosch
- 12E021: SERVICE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT CONTROL ARMS, PART NUMBERS 520-121, 520-122, 2410121, AND 2410122 SHIPPED FROM NOVEMBER 2010 THROUGH JANUARY 2012
All 7 Dorman 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 18E037 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
ab942ccf - Consequence
48bc1094 - 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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