NHTSA campaign 05V493000
Great Dane Recall 05V-493: TRAILER SUSPENSION/TRAILER WANDERS/TUTHILL
NHTSA recall 05V493000 was reported by GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP on October 25, 2005, with 650 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Great Dane Trailer for model years 2005–2006.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V493000 (also written 05V-493 or 05V493)
- Filed by
- GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 650 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Suspension
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V493000. 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.
Great Dane
All Great Dane recallsNHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V493000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN VAN AND REFRIGERATED SEMI-TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH TUTHILL SUSPENSIONS, MODEL 20/22AR AND RS3162, THE BEAM/AXLE PIVOT CONNECTION JOINT IS MIS-ALIGNED CAUSING EXCESSIVE PLAY WITH THE TRAILER ALLOWING THE TRAILER TO WANDER.
Safety consequence
SHOULD THE TRAILER WANDER A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT NOTICE.
Manufacturer remedy
GREAT DANE IS WORKING WITH TUTHILL TO NOTIFY THE OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES AND PROVIDE FREE REMEDY. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TUTHILL AT 800-753-0025 OR GREAT DANE AT 912-644-2100.
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 05V493000
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.