Fontaine Velocity. Published by Transport Canada as 2021566 on 16 September 2021. System: Structure.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain trailers, the kingpin assembly may not be long enough. As a result, the hitch may not lock when the kingpin is inserted in the fifth-wheel saddle. If this happens, and the operator does not check to ensure the hitch is properly locked, the trailer could separate from the tow vehicle.
Safety …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2021566
- Recall date
- 16 September 2021
- Make
- Fontaine
- Models
- Velocity
- Model years
- 2020 to 2021
- Vehicle class
- Heavy Trailer
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 48
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain trailers, the kingpin assembly may not be long enough. As a result, the hitch may not lock when the kingpin is inserted in the fifth-wheel saddle. If this happens, and the operator does not check to ensure the hitch is properly locked, the trailer could separate from the tow vehicle.Safety Risk:
A fifth-wheel hitch that is not properly locked could allow a trailer to separate from the tow vehicle and create the risk of a crash or an injury.Corrective Action:
Fontaine will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your trailer to an Ocean Trailers facility to replace the kingpin assembly.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2021566.
Fontaine elsewhere in this register
Fontaine is named on 5 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2010422 · 24 November 2010 · Freightliner M2 Conversion To Sit-Down Dual-Drive · Brakes
- 1984063 · 27 April 1984 · Pup-Trailer · Not Entered
- 1978034 · 24 May 1978 · Beverage · Brakes
- 1976147 · 24 January 1977 · Special · Not Entered
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2021604 · 30 September 2021 · Commander, Panther · Structure
- 2021529 · 25 August 2021 · Minotour School Bus · Structure
- 2021626 · 12 October 2021 · 1871, Af1 · Structure
- 2021634 · 15 October 2021 · Unity, Serenity, Free Spirit · Structure
- 2021636 · 18 October 2021 · Chevrolet Traverse, Traverse · Structure
- 2021639 · 18 October 2021 · Bronco Sport · Structure
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