Manufacturer profile

Tenneco Automotive

Tenneco Automotive has filed 8 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2020, covering 51k vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Campaigns filed in 2026 to date1No campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected6,6682026 to date
Campaigns on file82020 to 2026
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "Tenneco Automotive".

Campaigns per year

Tenneco Automotive has averaged 1 campaigns a year since 2021, below its 2020 peak of 3

Tenneco Automotive recall campaigns by report date, 2020 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

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

Suspension is Tenneco Automotive's most recalled component since 2020

Tenneco Automotive campaigns by primary component, 2020 to 2026.

Suspension
6
Steering
1
Brakes
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Tenneco Automotive uses software fixes less than the industry: 0% of its 2020 campaigns

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

Tenneco AutomotiveAll manufacturers
010%20%30%20202021202220232024202520260%18%
Source: NHTSA ODI remedy descriptions, classified by rule (see Methodology).
Model years covered

Model year 2015 is covered by the most Tenneco Automotive campaigns, 2

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

00.511.52201522016201720182019
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest Tenneco Automotive filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest Tenneco Automotive campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
26E-028May 11, 2026Lower ball joint nut may be loose or may not have been tightened properlySuspension6,668Part replacement
24E-079Sep 25, 2024Ball joint may separate between the mounting flange and socketSuspension23,489Part replacement
22E-002Jan 14, 2022Ball joint housing may have inadequate hardness, causing premature failureSuspension15,200Part replacement
21E-097Nov 30, 2021Tie rods may not have been heat-treated properly, which can cause them to failSteering1,306Part replacement
21E-027Apr 12, 2021Ball joint may have a misaligned dust boot and may be missing alignment hole and installation warning tag, which may lead to improper alignment of…Suspension2,394Part replacement
20E-091Dec 11, 2020These struts were sold as part of Ohlins strut kits part number POZ MN02, intended for installation on 1999-2005 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and 4S…Suspension584Part replacement
20E-064Sep 23, 2020Fluid seal crimp on the master cylinder may be insufficient, causing brake fluid to leak or the cylinder to come apartBrakes38Not stated
20E-044Jun 25, 2020Design of the rear suspension lower control rods makes them susceptible to failure over timeSuspension996Part replacement
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

Tenneco Automotive's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2024 Ball joint may separate between the…0.02M
  2. 2022 Ball joint housing may have inadequate…0.02M
  3. 2026 Lower ball joint nut may be loose or may…0.01M
  4. 2021 Ball joint may have a misaligned dust boot…0.00M
  5. 2021 Tie rods may not have been heat-treated…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.