| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Record Id: 12198 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: FONTAINE |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008718000079643000000316 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: TRAILER | Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V159000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: TRAILER HITCHES | Manufacturer That Filed Report: FONTAINE TRAILER |
| Start date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1997 | End date of Manufacturing: Jan, 31 1998 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 50 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 22 1998 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Fontaine Trailer Company | Report Received Date: Jul, 15 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Jul, 20 1998 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: platform trailers equipped with king pins marked with cha, chn, & chp and supplied to fontaine by tefaco. the king pin separates as soon as the trailer is applied, allowing the trailer to separate from the tow vehicle. | Consequence Summary: If a trailer separates from the towing vehicle, a crash or property damage could occur. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the defective king pins. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began during july 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact fontaine trailer at 1-800-821-6535, or tefaco at 1-732-651-7166. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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