Trailer hitch
Not a recall but safety. 2004 Fleetwood flair. Coming into campsite yesterday and a car cut me off. I slammed on brakes to avoid accident. Trailer hitch broke at welds with I believe broke tow bar and...
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RedRollingRoadblock wrote:
And it also serves as a reminder to crawl under and take a look at the farm boys turned welders lack of quality work. Seeing first hand Fleetwood's weld quality it doesn't surprise me. It does make me wonder if the hitch as been over stressed before. Did you have a braking system on the toad?
I have yet to get under my 2016 Bounder and not find anything to repair due to the lack of quality control.
Glad your okay and only sheet metal involved.
I second that! I check in the spring and halfway through the summer. Always making sure there isn't any cracks or bolts loosened up on the hitch, all the way through the towing setup, including the tow bars and toad mounting bracket. Any rust signs along a weld would have me worried.
