The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: VAN TRAILERS WITH SLIDE SUSPENSIONS. IMPROPERLY APPLIED WELD ATTACHMENT OF THE UPPER BOGIE RAILS TO TRAILER CROSSMEMBERS.
The risk
TRAILER TURN OVER OR A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL REWELD THE RAIL ATTACHMENT WELDS AND INSTALL ATTACHMENT CLIPS/GUSSETS.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Great Dane Trailer | 1998 |
Components: TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY
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 | 1998 | 2 | 5 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 1999
9 of the 392 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1999 concerned the trailer hitches; GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. filed 29 campaigns in all.
| 99V363000 29 Dec 1999 | SEAHAWK RECREATIONAL VEHICLES |
| 99V294000 26 Oct 1999 | FLEETWOOD ENT., INC. |
| 99V274000 12 Oct 1999 | VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC |
| 99V027002 12 Aug 1999 | NORTH AMERICAN BUS INDUSTRIES |
| 99V156000 22 Jun 1999 | FLEETWOOD ENT., INC. |
| 99V121000 14 May 1999 | ENTREPRISES USA, INC. |
| 99V098000 29 Apr 1999 | HART TRAILERS |
| 99V053000 15 Mar 1999 | TIMPTE, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1999