Health CanadaGeneral Alert
TIFFIN issued a recall on the ALLEGRO model
Published: March 22, 2017Recall ID: 2017160Category: generalCountry: Canada
Product Description & Identification
On certain motorhomes, the certification label on the trailer hitch may have not have the correct weight capacity information. This could cause the trailer hitch to be inadvertently overloaded causing it to fail, resulting in the loss of the towed vehicle and/or trailer, which would increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Labels will be mailed to owners of affected vehicles, along with instructions for proper installation. Note: This is an expansion of recall 2016-563.
Additional Source Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Panels › 1 › Text | <b>Category:</b> Motorhome<BR/><b>Alert type:</b> Recall<BR/><b>Department:</b> Transport Canada<BR/><b>Notification type:</b> Safety Mfr<BR/><b>System:</b> Label<BR/><b>Units affected:</b> 8<BR/> |
| Panels › 1 › Title | Summary |
| Panels › 1 › Panel Name | basic_details |
| Panels › 2 › Text | On certain motorhomes, the certification label on the trailer hitch may have not have the correct weight capacity information. This could cause the trailer hitch to be inadvertently overloaded causing it to fail, resulting in the loss of the towed vehicle and/or trailer, which would increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Labels will be mailed to owners of affected vehicles, along with instructions for proper installation. Note: This is an expansion of recall 2016-563. |
| Panels › 2 › Title | The issue |
| Panels › 2 › Panel Name | details |
| Panels › 3 › Text | <b>Make:</b> TIFFIN<BR/><b>Model:</b> ALLEGRO<BR/><b>Model year(s) affected:</b> 2017<BR/><BR/> |
| Panels › 3 › Title | Make/model |
| Panels › 3 › Panel Name | product_1 |
| Panels › 4 › Text | <b>Identification number:</b> 2017160<BR/><b>TC ID number:</b> 2017160<BR/> |
| Panels › 4 › Title | Identification number |
| Panels › 4 › Panel Name | id_numbers |
| Recall Id | 2017160 |
| Start date | 1490140800 |
| Date published | -62169984000 |