Recall Detail

FONTAINE / TRAILER / 1997

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 12199 Vehicale/Equipment Name: FONTAINE
Recalled Component Id: 000008718000079642000000316 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: TRAILER Model Year: 1997
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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