1997 FONTAINE TRAILER Recall

Campaign:

98V159000 on 07/19/1998

Component:

Trailer hitches

Manufactured:

04/30/1997 - 01/30/1998

Affected:

50

Defect:

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:

If a trailer separates from the towing vehicle, a crash or property damage could occur.

Correction:

Dealers will replace the defective king pins.

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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