Sway Command Anti-Sway Tow Control, model year 9999. Filed by Lippert Components, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 18 October 2016. 304 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI) is recalling certain Sway Command anti-sway tow controllers, part number 0271841, manufactured January 5, 2016, to July 19, 2016 and sold for use with model year 2014-2016 GM trucks. The use of LCI's Sway Command with these trucks that are equipped with the Integrated Trailer Brake …
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Lci's own number for this recall: LCI-68-092016. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16E078 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16E078 cover?
- Sway Command Anti-Sway Tow Control.
- What is wrong with them?
- Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI) is recalling certain Sway Command anti-sway tow controllers, part number 0271841, manufactured January 5, 2016, to July 19, 2016 and sold for use with model year 2014-2016 GM trucks.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Reduced or complete loss of braking control can increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. LCI will notify owners and will replace the current controller with an updated controller with correct programming, free of charge. The recall began on December 5, 2016. Owners may contact 1-574-537-8900. LCI's number for this recall is LCI-68-092016.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Lci calls this recall LCI-68-092016, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “Reduced or complete loss of braking control can increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16E078 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Lippert Components, Inc. |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Integrated Trailer Brake Control |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 October 2016 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | SWAY COMMAND ANTI-SWAY TOW CONTROL |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Reduced or complete loss of braking control can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
LCI will notify owners and will replace the current controller with an updated controller with correct programming, free of charge. The recall began on December 5, 2016. Owners may contact 1-574-537-8900. LCI's number for this recall is LCI-68-092016.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16E078, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16e078/
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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- Defect summary
c040480d - Consequence
904b7072 - Remedy
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