2000 Blue Bird Wanderlodge recall: trailer hitch
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: motor home coaches. The trailer hitch may be inadequately welded to the chassis frame.
💥 The risk
Personal injury or property damage could occur in the event the trailer hitch separates from the chassis frame while towing a trailer or other vehicle.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the welds and, if necessary, reweld the trailer hitch properly.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V126000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 400DW
- Manufacturer
- BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 195
- Component
- TRAILER HITCHES
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 4, 2000
- Built
- Nov 24, 1997 – Apr 25, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began may 4, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact blue bird at 1-912-825-2021. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).