Recall campaign · NHTSA 73V012000
GENERAL TRAILER CO., INC. filed this campaign with NHTSA on 1973-01-24.
No remedy is listed yet. This typically indicates the manufacturer reported the defect before finalizing a repair procedure.
GENERAL CAMPAIGN NO N/A.HEAVY TRAILER LOG TRAILER.1963 THRU 1969.POSSIBILITY THAT THE AXLE SPINDLE MAY FAIL DUE TO EXTREMELY ROUGH SERVICE ANDSEVERE STRESS LOADS.WHEN THE SPINDLE FAILS IT BECOMES DISENGAGED FROM AXLE,ALLOWING ASSEMBLY TO ROLL FREE FROM TRAILER IN AN UNCONTROLLED MANNER.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACE WITH NEW COMPLETE AXLE BEAM.)
7 model years across 2 models.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.