NHTSA Campaign 09V004000

TRAILER HITCHES

Issued by ENTEGRA COACH · Reported Jan 8, 2009 · 4 vehicles affected

What's wrong

ENTEGRA COACH IS RECALLING 4 MY 2009 ANTHEM CLASS A MOTOR HOMES BUILT ON SPARTAN CHASSIS AND EQUIPPED WITH PUTNAM HITCHES. AFTER SOME PERIOD OF USE, CERTAIN TRAILER HITCHES MAY DEVELOP STRESS FRACTURES DUE TO SHARP RADII AND/OR TOOL MARKING.

Consequence

SUSPECT HITCHES MAY DEVELOP FRACTURES AND SUBSEQUENT SEPARATION MAY OCCUR, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PEDESTRIAN HARM.

Remedy

ENTEGRA COACH IS WORKING WITH SPARTAN WHO WILL REPLACE THE TRAILER HITCH FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 08V567). THE HITCH HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ONE VEHICLE AND THE REMAINING 3 VEHICLES ARE STILL IN ENTEGRA'S INVENTORY AND WILL NOT BE SOLD UNTIL THE HITCHES ARE REPLACED.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
ENTEGRA ANTHEM 2009 4

Source: NHTSA Campaign 09V004000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.