The defect
AN UNDERSIZED KING PIN WAS USED IN ASSEMBLY. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE TRAILER COULD SEPARATE FROM THE TOWING VEHICLE AND CRASH OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
INSTALL CORRECT SIZE KING PIN.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Lufkin | 1985 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lufkin | 1985 | 0 | 1 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 1985
6 of the 173 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1985 concerned the trailer hitches; LUFKIN IND., INC. filed 4 campaigns in all.
| 85V173000 26 Dec 1985 | AUTOMATIC EQUIP. MFG. CO. |
| 85V167000 20 Dec 1985 | GRUMMAN ALLIED IND., INC. |
| 85V163000 9 Dec 1985 | THEURER INC. |
| 85V117000 24 Sept 1985 | ALFA LEISURE,INC. |
| 85V056000 1 May 1985 | FLEETWOOD ENT., INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1985