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NHTSA recall 98V159000

Trailer hitches

Fontaine Trailer

Reported Jul 15, 199850 vehicles affectedFONTAINE TRAILERBuilt May 1, 1997 – Jan 31, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: platform trailers equipped with king pins marked with cha, chn, & chp and supplied to fontaine by tefaco. the king pin separates as soon as the trailer IS applied, allowing the trailer to separate from the tow vehicle.

The risk

If a trailer separates from the towing vehicle, a crash or property damage could occur.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the defective king pins.

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Vehicles in this recall

Fontaine Trailer
19971998

Notes

Owner notification began during july 1998.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 fontaine trailer at 1-800-821-6535, or tefaco at 1-732-651-7166. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).