Orange Ev T-Series Electric Truck, model years 2019 to 2021. Filed by Orange EV and reported to NHTSA on 21 October 2021. 252 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Orange EV (Orange) is recalling certain 2019-2021 EV-T Series Pure Electric Terminal trucks. The pitman arm bolt may have been incorrectly tightened, allowing the bolt to loosen.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21V827 cover?
- Orange Ev T-Series Electric Truck, model years 2019-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Orange EV (Orange) is recalling certain 2019-2021 EV-T Series Pure Electric Terminal trucks. The pitman arm bolt may have been incorrectly tightened, allowing the bolt to loosen.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A loose bolt may allow the pitman arm to detach from the steering box, causing a loss of steering and increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. OEV Service Technicians will tighten or replace the pitman arm bolt, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on November 18, 2021. Owners may contact Orange customer service at 1-866-688-5223.
- 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: “A loose bolt may allow the pitman arm to detach from the steering box, causing a loss of steering and increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21V827 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Orange EV |
| System at fault | Steering:Gear Box:Shaft Pitman |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 October 2021 |
| Model years | 2019-2021 |
| Vehicles named | ORANGE EV T-SERIES ELECTRIC TRUCK |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A loose bolt may allow the pitman arm to detach from the steering box, causing a loss of steering and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
OEV Service Technicians will tighten or replace the pitman arm bolt, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on November 18, 2021. Owners may contact Orange customer service at 1-866-688-5223.
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.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 21V827, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21v827/
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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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 21V827 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
16b53431 - Consequence
6da39e6d - 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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