- Vehicles
- 236
- Built between
- Jun 2005 – Oct 2005
- Models
- 3
- 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 June 2005 and October 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Draw-Tite 18403Built June 2005 to October 2005
- Hidden Hitch 64-6003Built June 2005 to October 2005
- Reese 15403Built June 2005 to October 2005
What the defect is
Certain t-connectors manufactured from june through october 2005 sold by cequent towing products under the hidden hitch, reese, and draw-tite brand names for aftermarket installation on 2005 and 2006 volvo XC90 vehicles. Due to a unique waveform present on the tail lamp circuit of the tow vehicle, the t-connector may cause the tail lamps to flicker or not work when the vehicle is in operation.
What could happen
Non-operational or intermittently operational tail lamps can prevent the vehicle/trailer from being visible to other vehicles, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
What gets fixed
CEQUENT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE T-CONNECTORS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 30, 2006.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJune 2005 to October 2005
- Recall reported to NHTSA20 January 2006
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 20 January 2006.
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 cequent at 1-800-632-3290.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 05-053
- 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
Cequent campaign #05-053.CUSTOMERS may 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.