The defect
THE MOUNTING BRACKET FOR THE REAR TRAILER HITCH MAY BREAK BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO WITHSTAND THE LOADS OF AN ATTACHED TRAILER.
The risk
SHOULD THE TRAILER HITCH MOUNTING BRACKET BREAK, THETRAILER WOULD SEPARATE FROM THE MOTORHOME AND WOULD BE ATTACHED ONLY BY THESAFETY CHAINS, CAUSING POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE TRAILER AND/OR THEMOTORHOME, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
The remedy
INSTALL ADDITIONAL SUPPORT BRACKETS TO THE TRAILER HITCH MOUNTING BRACKET.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Rockwood Embassy | 1992, 1993 |
| Rockwood Regent | 1992, 1993 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood Embassy | 1992 | 0 | 1 |
| Rockwood Embassy | 1993 | 0 | 1 |
| Rockwood Regent | 1992 | 0 | 1 |
| Rockwood Regent | 1993 | 1 | 1 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 1993
7 of the 223 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1993 concerned the trailer hitches; ROCKWOOD INCORPORATED filed 2 campaigns in all.
| 93V158000 24 Sept 1993 | MONON CORPORATION |
| 93V130000 25 Aug 1993 | FOUR WINDS INTERNATIONAL |
| 93V101000 8 Jun 1993 | STRICK CORPORATION |
| 93V064000 20 Apr 1993 | OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION |
| 93V054000 2 Apr 1993 | COBRA INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| 93V024000 16 Feb 1993 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1993