The defect
REINFORCEMENT GUSSETS WERE OMITTED DURING INSTALLATION OF SOME PINTLE HOOKS. THIS MAY RESULT IN CRACKING OF THE WELDS ON THE PLATE SECURING THE PINTLE HOOK MOUNT. FAILURE OF THE PLATE WELDS MAY RESULT IN COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE REAR TRAILER FROM THE FIRST.
The remedy
DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, INSTALL REINFORCEMENT GUSSETS TO PRECLUDE PINTLE HOOK FAILURE.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
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Components: TRAILER HITCHES
Other trailer hitches recalls in 1979
2 of the 274 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1979 concerned the trailer hitches; DORSEY TRAILERS, INC. filed 18 campaigns in all.
| 79V157000 19 Jun 1979 | KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1979