The defect
CRACKING OF OUTER 'C' CHANNELS OF SUSPENSION DUE TO OVERLOADING IN THE HANGER AND AIR ATTACHMENT AREAS.
The risk
CRACKING OF THE 'C' CHANNEL COULD CAUSE THE CROSSMEMBERSIN THE SUSPENSION SUBASSEMBLY TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE OUTER FRAME CHANNELS OF THEASSEMBLY, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
MANUFACTURER WILL INSTALL MODIFICATION TO STRENGHTHEN SUSPENSION SUBASSEMBLY.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Great Dane Trailer | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
Components: SUSPENSION
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 Trailer | 1987 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Dane Trailer | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Dane Trailer | 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.
| 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 |
| 89V117000 18 Jul 1989 | GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. |
| 89V111000 5 Jul 1989 | FERRARI NORTH AMERICA |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1989