| NHTSA Campaign Number: |
86V002000 |
| Vehicle/Equipment Make: |
AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT |
| Vehicle/Equipment Model: |
KT 100 |
| Model Year: |
1985 |
| Manufacturer Campaign Number: |
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| Manufacturer Component Description: |
STRUCTURE |
| Manufacturers Involved in Recall: |
AUTOMATIC EQUIP. MFG. CO. |
| Manufacturered: |
19840501 - 19851101 |
| Type of Report: |
V (Vehicle, Equipment or Tire) |
| Potential Number of Units Affected: |
875 |
| Date Owner Notified By Manufacturer: |
19860130 |
| Recall Initiated By: |
19860130 |
| Manufacturer Responsible For Recall: |
AUTOMATIC EQUIP. MFG. CO. |
| Report Received Date: |
19861202 |
| Record Creation Date: |
19860117 |
| Regulation Part Number: |
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| Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: |
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| Defect Summary: |
THE FLANGED "WHIZ-LOCK" NUTS USED TO SECURE THE CAR RAMPS TO THE TRAILER LOOSEN AND FALL OFF THE BOLTS. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE SECURING BOLTS WILL FALL OUT AND ALLOW THE RAMPS TO FALL OFF THE TRAILER CAUSING A HIGHWAY HAZARD TO ONCOMING OR TRAILING TRAFFIC WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. |
| Consequence Summary: |
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| Corrective Summary: |
SEND NOTICE AND THREAD DEFORMED TYPE LOCK NUTS AND BOLTS TO ALL OWNERS OF TRAILERS SUSPECTED OF HAVING THE FLANGED "WHIZ-LOCK" NUTS. |