The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PLATFORM TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH KING PINS MARKED WITH CHA, CHN, & CHP AND SUPPLIED TO FONTAINE BY TEFACO. THE KING PIN SEPARATES AS SOON AS THE TRAILER IS APPLIED, ALLOWING THE TRAILER TO SEPARATE FROM THE TOW VEHICLE.
The risk
IF A TRAILER SEPARATES FROM THE TOWING VEHICLE, A CRASH OR PROPERTY DAMAGE COULD OCCUR.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE KING PINS.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Fontaine Trailer | 1997, 1998 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine Trailer | 1997 | 2 | 1 |
| Fontaine Trailer | 1998 | 0 | 1 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 1998
4 of the 367 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1998 concerned the trailer hitches.
| 98V283000 5 Nov 1998 | GULF STREAM COACH INC. |
| 98V099000 12 May 1998 | RED RIVER MANUFACTURING |
| 98V034000 25 Feb 1998 | EAST MANUFACTURING CORP. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1998