2000–2001 Coachmen Prospera & 2000–2001 Coachmen Royal recall: trailer hitch
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: fifth wheel travel trailers equipped with atwood mobile products' telescoping landing gear. The landing gear pin could shear under heavy loading conditions allowing the front end of the trailer to fall.
💥 The risk
This condition could lead to a loss of control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the pins in the affected units.
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
- 00V398000
- Manufacturer
- COACHMEN RV COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 576
- Component
- TRAILER HITCHES
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 11, 2000
- Built
- Oct 22, 1998 – Jul 17, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began december 11, 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 coachmen at 1-219-825-5821.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).