- Vehicles
- 17,534
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 1 June 2006
- 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.
- Tekonsha 2010
What the defect is
Certain tekonsha brand breakaway switches, model 2010 (with various model number suffixes) 2010-23, 2010-ATK, 2010-B-PRIME, 2010-B125, 2010-B125-B, 2010-B125-BG, 2010-NAPA-S, 2010-P, and 2010-S-BSI, manufactured in taiwan and were sold both as individual units and as components in breakaway kits. These switches were sold by cequent as original equipment and in the aftermarket for trailer applications. An electrical switching component may cause the breakaway device to fail or to operate improperly.
What could happen
In the case of a separation of the trailer from the towing vehicle, a failure of the breakaway switch may prevent the trailer brakes from activating possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.
What gets fixed
CEQUENT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE AFTERMARKET KITS AND THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS WILL NOTIFY THEIR OWNERS AND REPLACE THE SWITCHES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 1, 2006.
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA19 June 2006
- Owners notified1 June 2006
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 19 June 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 517-767-4142.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- CEQUENT ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS
- 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 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.