Structure: body: door: hinge and attachments
- Component
- Structure: body: door: hinge and attachments
- Manufacturer
- SHASTA INDUSTRIES
- Vehicles affected
- 563
- Reported to NHTSA
- 1981-05-22
- Owners notified
- 1981-09-25
Defect description
THE INVOLVED VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH A BRACKET-HELD SWING-OUT LIFT ARM ON THE FRONT DOOR SIDE OF THE UNIT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THESE BRACKETS, WHICH ALLOW THE ARM TO SWING OUTWARD, COULD BREAK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Manufacturer remedy
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE SWING ARMS ON THE INVOLVED TRAILERS AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.