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NHTSA recall 91E012000 · Equipment

Trailer hitches

Acura Integra

Reported Apr 12, 199137 vehicles affectedCARROL SMITH CONSULTING

The risk

Hitch tow bar could separate from the vertical mountingplate, resulting in tow bar attachment failure and separation of trailer fromtow vehicle without warning.

The remedy

A component will be supplied to customer to be attached to the vehicle towing loop, to eliminate cyclic stress in the vertical load plate. Units found with existing fatigue fractures will be replaced with modified hitches.

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Vehicles in this recall

Acura Integra
19901991

Notes

System: trailer hitch installed on 1990 and 1991 acura integra.defect description: fatigue failure of the trailer hitch vertical mounting platecaused by cyclic stress from extended use under overloaded conditions, in thezone adjacent to a weld.note: this recall IS being conducted by carrol smith consulting, inc.