Wallace Forge Mount Couplers, model year 9999. Filed by Wallace Forge Company and reported to NHTSA on 14 June 2021. 7,721 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Wallace Forge Company (Wallace Forge) is recalling Medium duty adjustable mount couplers part numbers R25160. The coupler may experience excessive play due to a missing .750" radius piece.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 21E051 cover?
- Wallace Forge Mount Couplers.
- What is wrong with them?
- Wallace Forge Company (Wallace Forge) is recalling Medium duty adjustable mount couplers part numbers R25160. The coupler may experience excessive play due to a missing .750" radius piece.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Excessive play of the mount coupler can cause the trailer to uncouple, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealer will replace the coupler, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 24, 2021. Owners may contact Wallace Forge customer service at 1-330-488-1203.
- 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: “Excessive play of the mount coupler can cause the trailer to uncouple, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 21E051 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Wallace Forge Company |
| System at fault | Equipment |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 June 2021 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | WALLACE FORGE MOUNT COUPLERS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Excessive play of the mount coupler can cause the trailer to uncouple, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealer will replace the coupler, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 24, 2021. Owners may contact Wallace Forge customer service at 1-330-488-1203.
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 21E051, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/21e051/
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
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