NHTSA campaign 05V443000
Weekend Warrior Recall 05V-443: TRAILER TONGUE BENDING/CRACKING
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 05V443000 was reported by WEEKEND WARRIOR TRAILERS INC. on September 29, 2005, with 891 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Weekend Warrior FS2600 for model years 2001–2002. Owners were notified on April 11, 2008, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V443000 (also written 05V-443 or 05V443)
- Filed by
- WEEKEND WARRIOR TRAILERS INC.
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 891 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Trailer Hitches
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE05-023 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V443000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Weekend Warrior
Weekend Warrior FS2600
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V443000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN TRAVEL TRAILERS, APPROXIMATELY 6' BACK FROM THE FRONT OF THE TONGUE AT THE BEND OF THE CHASSIS, THERE IS NO SUPPORTING GUSSET.
Safety consequence
THE TONGUE CAN BEND UP, WHICH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN 18" X 6" PLATE GUSSET ON THE INSIDE OF THE MAIN RAIL FRAME FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 21, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT WEEKEND WARRIOR AT 1-800-500-9914.
Notes
CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V443000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.