Pro Series Translite Bike Rack, model year 9999. Filed by Cequent Performance Products, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 25 April 2013. 2,330 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Cequent Performance Products, Inc. (Cequent) is recalling certain Pro Series Translite Bike Racks, Part No. 63144, manufactured from October 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. The bike rack cradles may tear if excessive force is applied to the cradle straps.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13E021 cover?
- Pro Series Translite Bike Rack.
- What is wrong with them?
- Cequent Performance Products, Inc. (Cequent) is recalling certain Pro Series Translite Bike Racks, Part No. 63144, manufactured from October 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. The bike rack cradles may tear if excessive force is applied to the cradle straps.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Torn cradles could allow a bike to disengage from the carrier. If a bike disengages from the carrier it may fall onto the roadway, creating a hazard for other vehicles and increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Cequent will replace the dealer inventory and customers will receive a repair kit free of charge. The recall began on May 9, 2013. Customers may contact Cequent at 1-800-931-6689.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Torn cradles could allow a bike to disengage from the carrier. If a bike disengages from the carrier it may fall onto the roadway, creating a hazard for other vehicles and increasing the risk of a crash.”
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in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13E021 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Cequent Performance Products, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Mechanical:Carrier/Rack |
| Reported to NHTSA | 25 April 2013 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | PRO SERIES TRANSLITE BIKE RACK |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Torn cradles could allow a bike to disengage from the carrier. If a bike disengages from the carrier it may fall onto the roadway, creating a hazard for other vehicles and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Cequent will replace the dealer inventory and customers will receive a repair kit free of charge. The recall began on May 9, 2013. Customers may contact Cequent at 1-800-931-6689.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13E021, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13e021/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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