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NHTSA recall 00V049000

Structure › Frame and members

Dutchmen Breeze and 1 more

Reported Feb 17, 2000105 vehicles affectedDUTCHMEN MANUFACTURING, INC.Built Aug 27, 1999 – Jan 27, 2000

The defect

Vehicle description: travel trailers. wooden boards were mounted between the axle brackets and the frame of these travel trailers. the boards could deteriorate and/or compress sufficiently to allow the metal bracket of the axle mount to press downward against the bracket side mounting bolts.

The risk

This downward contact could create a shearing force across the bolts, allowing the axles to separate from the travel trailer.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the wood with a steel tube section.

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Vehicles in this recall

Dutchmen Breeze
2000
Dutchmen Zephyr
2000

Notes

Owner notification IS expected to begin during march 2000.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 dutchmen at 1-219-534-1224. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).