NHTSA Campaign 16V587000
TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 16V587000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the trailer hitches: fifth wheel assembly. The repair is free.
Outdoors RV Manufacturing filed the report for 16V587000 with NHTSA on August 9, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V587000, NHTSA lists up to 140 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 6, 2014 and July 10, 2016.
The 16V587000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V587000 were scheduled from August 24, 2016, 15 days after the report.
16V587000 covers 1 model from Outdoors RV, model years 2015–2017.
Owners of the model years 16V587000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the trailer hitches, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V587000 vehicles, the 2015 Outdoors RV Glacier Peak has the most (2).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V587000 ranks 1 of 2 Outdoors RV Manufacturing recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Outdoors RV Manufacturing (ORV) is recalling certain model year 2015-2017 Glacier Peak fifth-wheel travel trailers. The affected trailers have a pin box that may flex resulting in metal fatigue and possibly the separation of the fifth-wheel trailer from the tow vehicle.
- The risk
- If the fifth-wheel separates from the tow vehicle there would be an increased risk of a crash.
- The fix
- ORV has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the pin box, reinforcing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on August 26, 2016. Owners may contact ORV customer service at 1-541-962-1866 extension 222. ORV's number for this recall is 2016-001.
Reported August 9, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V587000 (2)
Outdoors RV (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V587000, 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: August 9, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted