GORILLA LUG NUTS
Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.
Gorilla Automotive Products is recalling certain aftermarket lug nuts (part numbers 66198DR, 66198BDR, 66197DR, and 66197BDR) sold for use on model year 2002-2011 Dodge Ram vehicles equipped with steel spare wheels. The lug nuts were designed for aluminum wheels and may not adequately tighten against steel spare wheels, which could allow the wheel to detach from the vehicle and increase the risk of a crash.
Gorilla will notify owners, distributors, and installers. Until replacement lug nuts become available in February 2013, Gorilla will send five temporary lug nuts to identified purchasers. Once the remedy lug nuts are available, owners should bring their vehicle to the dealer where the recalled lug nuts were purchased to have 20 new lug nuts installed and properly torqued at no charge. The recall was expected to begin in November 2012. Affected consumers can contact Gorilla Automotive Products at 1-323-585-2852.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
The loose fitting of the lug nuts to the steel wheel may allow the wheel to detach from the vehicle, which may increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
Gorilla will notify owners and distributors and installers will replace the affected lug nuts on vehicles equipped with steel spare wheels free of charge. Until the replacement lug nuts are available (in February 2013), Gorilla will send five lug nuts that will work properly with a spare steel wheel to identified purchasers. Subsequently, when the remedy lug nuts become available, purchasers will be asked to bring their vehicle to the dealer where the recalled lug nuts were purchased to have the dealer install and properly torque 20 new lug nuts. The recall is expected to begin in November 2012. Owners may contact Gorilla Automotive Products at 1-323-585-2852.
Gorilla Automotive Products is recalling certain aftermarket lug nuts with part numbers; 66198DR, 66198BDR, 66197DR, and 66197BDR, sold for use as replacement equipment on certain model year 2002-2011 Dodge Ram vehicles. The problem exists only with Ram vehicles equipped with steel spare wheels. The lug nuts, designed for use with aluminum wheels, may not adequately retain a steel spare wheel because they do not fully tighten against the wheel.
Republished from the official source above; details can change — the source record controls.