Hendrickson Composilite, model year 9999. Filed by Hendrickson USA. L.L.C. and reported to NHTSA on 18 December 2023. 131 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. (Hendrickson) is recalling certain COMPOSILITE EXS20 and SC20 Lift Axles. The bearing journals may not be fully seated in the steering knuckle assemblies, preventing the proper installation of the wheel end hub 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.
Hendrickson's own number for this recall: HAUX 2023-01. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23E095 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 23E095 cover?
- Hendrickson Composilite.
- What is wrong with them?
- Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. (Hendrickson) is recalling certain COMPOSILITE EXS20 and SC20 Lift Axles. The bearing journals may not be fully seated in the steering knuckle assemblies, preventing the proper installation of the wheel end hub assemblies.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Incorrect installation can allow lubricant to leak, causing the axle spindles to loosen or fracture and increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Hendrickson will work with its affected manufacturers to help facilitate the inspection and replacement of the steering knuckle assemblies as necessary, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a schedule for recall notification.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Hendrickson calls this recall HAUX 2023-01, 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: “Incorrect installation can allow lubricant to leak, causing the axle spindles to loosen or fracture and increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23E095 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Hendrickson USA. L.L.C. |
| System at fault | Steering:Linkages:Knuckle:Spindle:Arm |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 December 2023 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | HENDRICKSON COMPOSILITE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Incorrect installation can allow lubricant to leak, causing the axle spindles to loosen or fracture and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Hendrickson will work with its affected manufacturers to help facilitate the inspection and replacement of the steering knuckle assemblies as necessary, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a schedule for recall notification. Owners may contact Hendrickson customer service at 1-630-773-9111. Hendrickson's number for this recall is HAUX 2023-01.
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 23E095, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23e095/
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 Hendrickson notices we hold
- 24E051: Composolite EXS20 steerable lift axle suspension assemblies
- 22E102: Vantraax trailer slider suspension and axle assemblies with part number VANTRAAX
- 19E072: CONNEX ST steerable suspension and axle systems with TSE brake actuators
- 16E055: Bridge Axles, part number B5R13X-04B, manufactured December 7, 2015, to January 11, 2016
All 5 Hendrickson 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 23E095 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
4d6aef91 - Consequence
d6b26120 - 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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