The defect
The risk
THESE CRACKS EVENTUALLY INCREASE AND FATIGUE THE TONGUE MOUNT TO THE POINT WHERE THE TRAILER COULD BREAK AWAY FROM THE CAR AND ROLL UNCONTROLLABLY ON THE HIGHWAY AND POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
REINFORCEMENT ANGLE PLATES WILL BE WELDED TO THE UNDER SIDE OF THE TONGUE MOUNT AND ANY OF THE POTENTIAL CRACK AREAS WHICH HAVE CRACKS WILL BE REWELDED.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Automatic Equipment | 1984, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Equipment | 1984 | 0 | 1 |
| Automatic Equipment | 1985 | 0 | 1 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 1985
6 of the 173 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1985 concerned the trailer hitches; AUTOMATIC EQUIP. MFG. CO. filed 4 campaigns in all.
| 85V167000 20 Dec 1985 | GRUMMAN ALLIED IND., INC. |
| 85V163000 9 Dec 1985 | THEURER INC. |
| 85V117000 24 Sept 1985 | ALFA LEISURE,INC. |
| 85V073000 5 Jun 1985 | LUFKIN IND., INC. |
| 85V056000 1 May 1985 | FLEETWOOD ENT., INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1985