Komfort Wheels: Rim

Komfort is recalling about 18 vehicles over a problem with the wheels. Lack of thread engagement could allow the wheel to separate from the trailer and a crash could occur without prior notice.

Campaign
05V028000
Manufacturer
KOMFORT CORPORATION
Reported
14 January 2005
Vehicles
18
Built between
Apr 2004 – Apr 2004
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
4 January 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between April 2004 and April 2004. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2004 Komfort 28FSBuilt April 2004 to April 2004
  • 2004 Komfort 29FSBuilt April 2004 to April 2004

What the defect is

On certain fifth wheel trailers equipped with aluminum wheels, the thickness of the wheel may not allow for enough thread engagement of the lug nuts.

What could happen

Lack of thread engagement could allow the wheel to separate from the trailer and a crash could occur without prior notice.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE WHEELS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 4, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtApril 2004 to April 2004
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA14 January 2005
  3. Owners notified4 January 2005

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 14 January 2005.

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 may contact komfort at 800-554-2711.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
KOMFORT CORPORATION
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

Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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.

Same component

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