- Vehicles
- 124
- Built between
- Sep 2006 – Mar 2007
- Models
- 3
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 19 April 2007
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between September 2006 and March 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2006-2007 Prohauler Trailer 614SLTDBuilt September 2006 to March 2007
- 2006-2007 Prohauler Trailer D612RTSDBuilt September 2006 to March 2007
- 2006-2007 Prohauler Trailer D615RTSDBuilt September 2006 to March 2007
What the defect is
On certain flatbed trailers equipped with a 2 5/16" adjustable tongue coupler built by atwood (part no. 81906, the coupler can fail and break, causing the trailer to separate from the tow vehicle while being pulled on the open highway.
What could happen
Separation of the towed vehicle could lead to property damage, personal injury, or death.
What gets fixed
PROHAULER WILL INSPECT OR CAUSE TO BE INSPECTED AND WILL REPLACE OR CAUSE TO BE REPLACED ALL DEFETIVE TONGUE COUPLERS, SPECIFICALLY ALL ATWOOD COUPLERS PART NO. 81906. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 19, 2007.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtSeptember 2006 to March 2007
- Recall reported to NHTSA15 May 2007
- Owners notified19 April 2007
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 15 May 2007.
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 prohauler at 1-803-548-4348.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- PROHAULER TRAILERS, 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
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.