2000 Keystone Cougar recall: trailer hitch
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: fifth wheel trailers. There is a lack of a ground to the junction box located under the gooseneck and above the pin box. This could result in a failure to activate the brakes in the event the fifth wheel becomes disengaged from the tow vehicle.
💥 The risk
This condition could cause the trailer brakes to be inoperative during a trailer breakaway, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will install a ground wire between the junction box and the trailer frame.
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
- 00V213000
- Manufacturer
- KEYSTONE RV COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 74
- Component
- TRAILER HITCHES
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jul 24, 2000
- Built
- Aug 3, 1999 – Oct 28, 1999
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- Owner notification began july 24, 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 keystone rv at 1-219-642-4001. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236)