NHTSA recall campaign
87E037000
ManufacturerAMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIESReported1987-12-14Affected5,579 vehicles
What was wrong
Defect
THE BRACKET PIN COTTER KEY ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FIFTH WHEEL AND THE MOUNTING BRACKET ON TRUCK FRAME WAS REPLACED WITH A HITCH PIN CLIP. THIS CLIP WAS FOUND TO BE OF INADEQUATE METAL HARDNESS.
Risk
INADEQUATE METAL HARDNESS COULD RESULT IN HITCH PIN CLIPFAILURE AND POSSIBLE RESULT IN SEPARATION OF THE TRACTOR FROM TRAILER.
Manufacturer remedy
THE HITCH PIN CLIP WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN IMPROVED CLINCH PIN.
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Affected vehicles
0 entriesNHTSA did not enumerate affected vehicles for this campaign.