The defect
THERE MAY BE BELOW SPECIFIED TORQUE ON THE TRAILER HITCH ATTACHING FASTENERS, ALLOWING THE TRAILER HITCH TO MOVE UNDER TOWING LOADS.
The risk
FASTENERS COULD FAIL; IF THIS OCCURS WHILE TRAILERIS BEING PULLED, HITCH AND TRAILER COULD SEPARATE AND A VEHICLE CRASH COULDOCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
The remedy
CORRECT TORQUE IN TRAILER HITCH FASTENERS TO PREVENT TRAILER SEPARATION.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet C10 | 1989 |
| Chevrolet C20 | 1989 |
| Chevrolet C30 | 1989 |
| Chevrolet K10 | 1989 |
| Chevrolet K20 | 1989 |
| Chevrolet K30 | 1989 |
| GMC C15 | 1989 |
| GMC C25 | 1989 |
| GMC C35 | 1989 |
| GMC K15 | 1989 |
| GMC K25 | 1989 |
| GMC K35 | 1989 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet C10 | 1989 | 5 | 2 |
| Chevrolet C20 | 1989 | 1 | 2 |
| Chevrolet C30 | 1989 | 0 | 2 |
| Chevrolet K10 | 1989 | 1 | 3 |
| Chevrolet K20 | 1989 | 0 | 3 |
| Chevrolet K30 | 1989 | 1 | 2 |
| GMC C15 | 1989 | 1 | 1 |
| GMC C25 | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| GMC C35 | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| GMC K15 | 1989 | 0 | 2 |
| GMC K25 | 1989 | 1 | 2 |
| GMC K35 | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 1989
2 of the 234 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1989 concerned the trailer hitches; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 89V166000 2 Oct 1989 | COREY ENTERPRISES, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1989