Recall campaign · NHTSA 75V009000
AMERICAN TRAILERS, INC. filed this campaign with NHTSA on 1975-01-16.
No remedy is listed yet. This typically indicates the manufacturer reported the defect before finalizing a repair procedure.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN NO N/A.ALUMINUM GRAIN HOPPER DOUBLE TRAILER.POSSIBILITYTHE LOWER ALUMINUM SIDE RAIL IN THE AREA OF THE COUPLER ASSEMBLY MAY DEVELOPFATIGUE CRACKS.IF THIS OCCURS, AND IF NOT CORRECTED, THE ENTIRE LOWER SIDERAIL MAY SEPRATE.THE SEPRATION OF LOWER SIDE RAIL WHICH WILL RESULT INCOLLAPSE OF THE SIDE ASSEMBLY AND BRING ABOUT A POTENTIAL VEHICLE CRASH DUE TOLOSS OF CONTROL (CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND INSTALLING REINFORCEMENT ANGLES ONTHE INSIDE OF THE LOWER SIDE RAIL).
8 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.