Great Dane Structure: Frame and Members

Great Dane is recalling about 100 vehicles over a problem with the structure.

Campaign
71V042000
Manufacturer
GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC.
Reported
1 April 1971
Vehicles
100
Built between
Sep 1969 – Sep 1969
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
26 March 1971
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 1969 and September 1969. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1969 Great Dane 1040TBuilt September 1969 to September 1969

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 1969 to September 1969
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA1 April 1971
  3. Owners notified26 March 1971

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 1 April 1971.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
GREAT DANE 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

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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.

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