The defect
Heil Company (Heil) is recalling certain model year 2000-2014 Petroleum Pull Trailers manufactured August 29, 2000, to September 12, 2014. On the affected trailers, the cables of the secondary coupling system may fail to keep the trailer connected to the tow vehicle if the pintle hitch connection should fail.
The risk
A failure of the cables of the secondary coupling system after the pintle hitch has become disconnected, could result in the trailer detaching from the tow vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Heil will notify owners and dealers and will install larger diameter secondary coupling cables, free of charge. The recall began on December 29, 2014. Owners may contact Heil customer service at 1-800-400-6913.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Components: TRAILER HITCHES
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2000 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| Heil Petroleum Pull Trailer | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 2014
2 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the trailer hitches; Heil Company filed 2 campaigns in all.
| 14V577000 19 Sept 2014 | Subaru of America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014