The defect
Trail King Industries, Inc. (Trail King) is recalling certain 2016-2019 custom TKT50 trailers. The air control line to the front Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) electronic control unit for the trailer brakes may be missing.
The risk
If all of the air control lines are not installed, the service brakes may not apply on one or two of the three of axles, thus increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Trail King will notify owners and will add a front control line, free of charge. The recall began June 24, 2019. Owners may contact Trail King customer service at 1-800-843-3324. Trail King's number for this recall is TK201902.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Trail King Tilt Trailer (tkt) | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Components: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | SERVICE BRAKES
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trail King Tilt Trailer (tkt) | 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| Trail King Tilt Trailer (tkt) | 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| Trail King Tilt Trailer (tkt) | 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| Trail King Tilt Trailer (tkt) | 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Other service brakes recalls in 2019
27 of the 880 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2019 concerned the service brakes; Trail King Industries, Inc. filed 16 campaigns in all.
| 19V925000 30 Dec 2019 | Toyne Inc. |
| 19V893000 16 Dec 2019 | Foretravel, Inc. |
| 19V890000 12 Dec 2019 | Maintainer Corporation of Iowa, Inc. |
| 19V889000 12 Dec 2019 | General Motors LLC |
| 19V874000 10 Dec 2019 | Marion Body Works Inc. |
| 19V761000 24 Oct 2019 | General Motors LLC |
| 19V758000 24 Oct 2019 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 19V735000 16 Oct 2019 | Porsche Cars North America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2019