Manufacturer profile

Timken

Timken has filed 3 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2015, covering 1,346 vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Makes in its campaigns
Campaigns filed in 2026 to date0Ranked 199 of 202 manufacturers by campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected02026 to date
Campaigns on file32015 to 2025
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "Timken Company".

Campaigns per year

Timken has averaged 0 campaigns a year since 2021, below its 2015 peak of 1

Timken recall campaigns by report date, 2015 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

00.250.50.7512015120162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Wheels are Timken's most recalled component since 2016

Timken campaigns by primary component, 2016 to 2026.

Wheels
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Software remedies against the industry

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, Timken against all manufacturers, by year.

TimkenAll manufacturers
010%20%30%2016201820202022202420260%18%
Source: NHTSA ODI remedy descriptions, classified by rule (see Methodology).
Model years covered

Campaigns by model year covered

Timken campaigns covering each model year, last fifteen model years. A campaign counts once for each year it covers.

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Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest Timken filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest Timken campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
25E-005Jan 17, 2025Oil plug port may be threaded incorrectly, allowing oil to leakWheels370Part replacement
17E-042Aug 1, 2017These Rear Hub Unit Bearings with Ford branding, were manufactured without a self retention feature, possibly resulting in the separation of the…Suspension400Part replacement
15E-045Jun 3, 2015Affected wheel bearings have incorrect dimensions of a 42mm bore, 76mm outer dimension, and 39mm width, instead of a 42mm bore, 78mm outer…Suspension576Part replacement
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

Timken's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2015 Affected wheel bearings have incorrect…0.00M
  2. 2017 These Rear Hub Unit Bearings with Ford…0.00M
  3. 2025 Oil plug port may be threaded incorrectly,…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.