- Vehicles
- 66,836
- Built between
- Feb 2000 – Oct 2000
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 20 February 2001
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between February 2000 and October 2000. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Reese Trailer HitchBuilt February 2000 to October 2000
What the defect is
Equipment description: interchangeable hitch balls, kit part numbers #57000, #57001, and #57002, manufactured between february 1, 2000, and october 31, 2000, which are affixed to a mounting post on a tow vehicle with a vertically aligned plunger applied through the top center of the hitch ball. The plunger holding the hitch ball to the mounting post can work loose.
What could happen
This would allow the hitch ball, and the trailer that is coupled to the ball, to disconnect from the towing vehicle, possibly causing a vehicle crash.
What gets fixed
REESE WILL PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT KIT TO ITS CUSTOMERS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DURING FEBRUARY 29, 2001.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtFebruary 2000 to October 2000
- Recall reported to NHTSA21 February 2001
- Owners notified20 February 2001
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 21 February 2001.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
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 reese at 1-800-326-1090.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- REESE PRODUCTS, INC
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Also, contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.