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NHTSA recall 81V062000

Structure › Body › Door › Hinge and attachments

Shasta 130F and 4 more

Reported May 22, 1981563 vehicles affectedSHASTA INDUSTRIESBuilt Mar 1, 1980 – Mar 1, 1980

The defect

The involved vehicles were manufactured with a bracket-held swing-out lift arm on the front door side of the unit. It was discovered that these brackets, which allow the arm to swing outward, could break without prior warning.

The remedy

The dealer will replace the swing arms on the involved trailers at no charge to owner.

Official recall at NHTSA ↗

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Vehicles in this recall

Shasta 130F
19801981
Shasta 130S
19801981
Shasta 160F
19801981
Shasta 160S
19801981
Shasta 165S
19801981

Notes

Vehicle description: camping trailers.system: structure; lift arm.consequences of defect: should the brackets break, the lift arm will extendrapidly and could cause physical harm.note: the operator IS advised not to open the camping trailer or swing the armout and to avoid using the unit until the problem IS corrected.