The defect
THE KING PIN THAT IS USED TO JOIN A TRAILER TO THE TRACTOR AT THE COUPLINGS MAY FRACTURE.
The risk
THIS COULD RESULT IN TRAILER SEPARATION FROM THETRACTOR, WITH POTENTIAL TO INJURE PEOPLE IN ITS PATH AND TO CRASH INTO OTHERVEHICLES.
The remedy
REPLACE TRAILER MAIN BEAM (INCLUDING THE KING PIN).
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Great Dane Platform Trailer | 1988, 1989 |
| Great Dane Van | 1988, 1989 |
Components: SUSPENSION:FRONT:KING PIN
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Dane Platform Trailer | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Dane Platform Trailer | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Dane Van | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Dane Van | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
Other suspension recalls in 1989
19 of the 234 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1989 concerned the suspension; GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. filed 29 campaigns in all.
| 89V236000 26 Dec 1989 | GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. |
| 89V228000 5 Dec 1989 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| 89V133000 10 Aug 1989 | PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC. |
| 89V132000 8 Aug 1989 | MOTOR COACH IND., INC. |
| 89V120000 24 Jul 1989 | PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED |
| 89V123000 24 Jul 1989 | COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| 89V119000 24 Jul 1989 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 89V111000 5 Jul 1989 | FERRARI NORTH AMERICA |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1989