- Vehicles
- 3,193
- Built between
- Feb 2002 – Apr 2004
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between February 2002 and April 2004. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Hidden Hitch Trailer HitchBuilt February 2002 to April 2004
What the defect is
Cequent aftermarket hidden hitch brand trailer hitches manufactured between february 1, 2002, and march 16, 2004, for use exclusively on nissan my 2002-2004 frontier pick-up trucks. With continued use, load forces may cause the side bracket of the hitch to fatigue and eventually break, possibly allowing the towed unit to separate from the towing vehicle.
What could happen
Should the towed vehicle separate from the towing vehicle, a vehicle crash could occur, possibly resulting in serious injury or possibly death.
What gets fixed
CEQUENT WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TRAILER HITCHES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING AUGUST 2004.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtFebruary 2002 to April 2004
- Recall reported to NHTSA5 August 2004
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
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 5 August 2004.
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 do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact cequent at 734-656-3041.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- CEQUENT TOWING 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
This recall only pertains to aftermarket hidden hitch brand trailer hitches and has no relation to any original equipment installed on 2002-2004 nissan frontier pick-up trucks by nissan.also, customers can 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.