- Vehicles
- 35
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA compliance test
- Owners notified
- 28 March 2005
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.
- 1998-2005 Tarasport Drop Deck
- 1998-2005 Tarasport Straight Deck
What the defect is
Certain drop and straight deck trailers fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 223, 'rear impact guards.' the guard has a vertical height of 63.5MM (2 1/2 inches) and should be at least 100MM (4 inches).
What could happen
This does not meet the requirements of the standard.
What gets fixed
TARASPORT WILL INSTALL A 100MM REAR HORIZONTAL MEMBER TO THE TRAILERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 28, 2005.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA11 March 2005
- Owners notified28 March 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 11 March 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 tarasport at 1-423-337-4660 or through their website at www.tarasport.com.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- TARASPORT TRAILERS, INC.
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 223
- Recall initiated by
- OVSC
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.