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Fontaine Trailer Company hydraulic cylinder retaining pin for the main tail may disconnect from the trailer unexpectedly.

NHTSA campaign 19V-302 · Reported April 15, 2019 · 123 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Fontaine Trailer Company
VEHICLES AFFECTED
123
REMEDY
Fontaine Trailer will notify owners and dealers will replace the hydraulic cylinder retaining pin snap rings for cotter pins, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Fontaine Trailer Company reported a problem with the equipment. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The hydraulic cylinder retaining pin for the main tail may disconnect from the trailer unexpectedly.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the hydraulic cylinder retaining pin becomes disconnected it may become a road hazard. Additionally, the hydraulic cylinder may drop free and impact the road, and cause a loss of vehicle control.

WHAT TO DO

Fontaine Trailer will notify owners and dealers will replace the hydraulic cylinder retaining pin snap rings for cotter pins, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 19V-302.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 19V-302

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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