| NHTSA Campaign Number: |
89V117000 |
| Vehicle/Equipment Make: |
GREAT DANE |
| Vehicle/Equipment Model: |
PLATFORM TRAILER |
| Model Year: |
1988 |
| Manufacturer Campaign Number: |
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| Manufacturer Component Description: |
SUSPENSION:FRONT:KING PIN |
| Manufacturers Involved in Recall: |
GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. |
| Manufacturered: |
19870601 - 19890801 |
| Type of Report: |
V (Vehicle, Equipment or Tire) |
| Potential Number of Units Affected: |
31446 |
| Date Owner Notified By Manufacturer: |
19890814 |
| Recall Initiated By: |
19890814 |
| Manufacturer Responsible For Recall: |
GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
| Report Received Date: |
19890718 |
| Record Creation Date: |
19890802 |
| Regulation Part Number: |
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| Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number: |
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| Defect Summary: |
THE KING PIN THAT IS USED TO JOIN A TRAILER TO THE TRACTOR AT THE COUPLINGS MAY FRACTURE. |
| Consequence Summary: |
THIS COULD RESULT IN TRAILER SEPARATION FROM THETRACTOR, WITH POTENTIAL TO INJURE PEOPLE IN ITS PATH AND TO CRASH INTO OTHERVEHICLES. |
| Corrective Summary: |
REPLACE TRAILER MAIN BEAM (INCLUDING THE KING PIN). |
