NHTSA Campaign 07V496000
TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 07V496000 covers 7 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the trailer hitches: fifth wheel assembly. The repair is free.
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA filed the report for 07V496000 with NHTSA on October 23, 2007; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 07V496000, NHTSA lists up to 6,519 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 9, 2006 and June 29, 2007.
The 07V496000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V496000 were scheduled from January 28, 2008, 97 days after the report.
07V496000 covers 4 models from Volvo, model years 2007–2008.
Owners of the model years 07V496000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the trailer hitches, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 07V496000 vehicles, the 2007 Volvo VNM has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V496000 ranks 6 of 20 VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA recalls on this site.
Besides 07V496000, VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA has 1 other recall on the trailer hitches on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH A SAF HOLLAND SIMPLEX FIFTH WHEEL, THE LEVER ARM PIVOT BOLT MAY HAVE BEEN OVER TIGHTENED. AN OVER TIGHTENED PIVOT BOLT CAN DISTORT THE PIVOT BOLT SPACER SLEEVE, WHICH MAY PREVENT THE FIFTH WHEEL LATCH JAW FROM CLOSING AND LATCHING SECURELY AROUND THE TRAILER KING PIN.
- The risk
- THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE PIVOT BOLT CAN BECOME LOOSE WITHOUT THE DRIVER'S KNOWLEDGE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE DRIVER COULD DRIVE AWAY AND THE TRAILER COULD BECOME DISENGAGED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PIVOT BOLT AND SLEEVE WITH A HEX HEAD SHOULDER BOLT AND WASHER FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 28, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO TRUCKS AT 1-800-528-6586.
- Notes
- VOLVO TRUCKS RECALL NO. RVXX0705.
Reported October 23, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V496000 (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V496000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: October 23, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted