Karavan Trailers: Suspension › Rear › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly
Karavan Trailers reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 25, 1996 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 282. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE ALIGNMENT BOLT WAS NOT TORQUED TO SPECIFICATION.
The risk
THIS UNDERTORQUING CAN ALLOW THE ALIGNMENT BOLT TO LOOSEN AND FALL OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY. ONCE THE BOLT IS GONE, THE SPRING LEAF CAN SHIFT AND EVENTUALLY FALL AWAY FROM THE AXLE ALLOW THE BED OF THE TRAILER TO FALL AGAINST THE TIRE INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
The remedy
DEALERS ARE REPLACING THE SPRING SETS ON THESE TRAILERS.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Karavan T3500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Karavan T4000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 96V188000.
Full record for the 1994 Karavan T3500 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →