NHTSA campaign 05V508000

Stoughton Recall 05V-508: TRAILER SUSPENSION/TRAILER WANDERS/TUTHILL

NHTSA recall 05V508000 was reported by STOUGHTON TRAILERS, LLC on November 3, 2005, with 72 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Stoughton Van Trailer for model years 2004–2005.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 05V508000 (also written 05V-508 or 05V508)
Filed by: STOUGHTON TRAILERS, LLC
Report received: November 3, 2005
Potentially affected: 72 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Suspension

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V508000. 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.

Stoughton

Stoughton Van Trailer
- 2004, 2005

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V508000.

Defect description

ON CERTAIN 53' ALUMINUM SMOOTH SIDE VAN TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH TUTHILL TRAILER SUSPENSIONS, MODELS 20/22 AND RS3162. THE BEAM/AXLE PIVOT CONNECTION JOINT IS MIS-ALIGNED CAUSING EXCESSIVE PLAY WITH THE TRAILER ALLOWING THE TRAILER TO WANDER.

Safety consequence

A VEHICLE CRASH CAN OCCUR SHOULD THE TRAILER WANDER WITHOUT NOTICE.

Manufacturer remedy

STOUGHTON 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 STOUGHTON AT 1-608-873-2500.

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 05V508000

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.