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NHTSA recall 85V173000

Trailer hitches

Automatic Equipment Automatic Equipment

Reported Dec 26, 1985500 vehicles affectedAUTOMATIC EQUIP. MFG. CO.Built Jan 1, 1984 – Apr 1, 1985

The risk

These cracks eventually increase and fatigue the tongue mount to the point where the trailer could break away from the car and roll uncontrollably on the highway and possibly cause an accident.

The remedy

Reinforcement angle plates will be welded to the under side of the tongue mount and any of the potential crack areas which have cracks will be rewelded.

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Vehicles in this recall

Automatic Equipment Automatic Equipment
19841985

Notes

System: frame/structure.vehicle description: car trailer. Descriptionof defect: the tongue mount welds at the main point of attachmentto the trailer cracks due to unexpected stresses.