Thinking about this some more Bruce, thus certainly is a safety recall issue. Especially if you know of two Vegas/Axis with the same problem. You might think about alerting the NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, West Building Washington DC 20590 USA 1.888.327.4236.
Their website is safercar.gov and you can send them an alert from that website. This looks like something that could easily cause a crash and get someone hurt or killed.
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