Coupler Improperly Welded – 2021-2022 Rugged Mountain Custom RV Travel Trailers

April 15, 2022 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 22V260000

Coupler Improperly Welded

Trailer separation from a tow vehicle can increase the risk of a crash.

 

NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V260

Manufacturer Tiny Idahomes LLC

Components TRAILER HITCHES, EQUIPMENT

Potential Number of Units Affected 15

 

Summary

Tiny Idahomes LLC (Tiny Idahomes) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Rugged Mountain Custom RV Travel trailers. The coupler was improperly welded, which may cause the trailer to separate from the tow vehicle.

 

Remedy

Tiny Idahomes will inspect and replace the coupler as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on June 10, 2022. Owners may contact Tiny Idahomes’ customer service at 1-208-468-0576.

 

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

 


Chronology :

The explanation is somebody accidently moved a bin of tack welded (to-be-welded) couplers into the finished products stocking. It then contaminated a few crates that were packed around the same time in July 2021. For an unrelated reason, the factory was asked to inspect all couplers in stock in the factory in late August. Some of the couplers had a slightly short weld (nonfunctional and completely different than the recall issue) but in the abundance of caution, the factory sorted all couplers in stock. There were about 6,000 packaged couplers in the factory. They unpacked all of them, inspected all of them, and did enhancement welding if needed. The factory didn’t see any unwelded couplers among all in stock. On October 13th the factory learned about the unwelded coupler defect, the factory was notified immediately and again they inspected all in stock (about 8,000 pcs in stock). This time the factory was looking for any unwelded ones and they didn’t find any from inventory.

Starting November 1, 2021, all customers were notified of the possible defect and were asked to inspect using an inspection document provided by Pacific Trailer Products. Tiny Idahomes LLC. was notified March 15th, 2022 that 15 of our trailers may have possibly been affected by the recall.

 


2 Affected Products

Vehicle

MAKEMODELYEAR
RUGGED MOUNTAIN CUSTOM RVTRAVEL TRAILER2021-2022

 


8 Associated Documents

Recall 573 Report- 04/21/2022

RCLRPT-22V260-6375.PDF 214.973KB

 


Recall Acknowledgement

RCAK-22V260-4985.pdf 647.131KB

 


Recall 573 Report- 05/31/2022

RCLRPT-22V260-6286.PDF 215.124KB

 


Recall 573 Report- 05/31/2022

RCLRPT-22V260-6912.PDF 215.189KB

 


Recall 573 Report- 09/27/2022

RCLRPT-22V260-9596.PDF 215.189KB

 


ISSUED Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)

RCONL-22V260-7781.pdf 3829.487KB

 


Recall Quarterly Report #1, 2022-3

RCLQRT-22V260-8408.PDF 211.116KB

 


Recall Quarterly Report #2, 2022-4

RCLQRT-22V260-0218.PDF 211.216KB

 


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