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NHTSA recall 00V213000

Trailer hitches

Keystone Cougar

Reported Aug 4, 200074 vehicles affectedKEYSTONE RV COMPANYBuilt Aug 3, 1999 – Oct 28, 1999

The defect

Vehicle description: fifth wheel trailers. there IS a lack of a ground to the junction box located under the gooseneck and above the pin box. this could result in a failure to activate the brakes in the event the fifth wheel becomes disengaged from the tow vehicle.

The risk

This condition could cause the trailer brakes to be inoperative during a trailer breakaway, increasing the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Dealers will install a ground wire between the junction box and the trailer frame.

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Vehicles in this recall

Keystone Cougar
2000

Notes

Owner notification began july 24, 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 keystone rv at 1-219-642-4001. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236)