Equipment (Hillsboro)
Vehicle equipment recall 05E-039. NHTSA received HILLSBORO INDUSTRIES’s report on May 31, 2005.
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The short answer
NHTSA received HILLSBORO INDUSTRIES’s report on May 31, 2005. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
TRAILER SEPARATION CAN LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
CERTAIN HILLSBORO ENDURA CARGO HAULERS.
CRACKS MAY INITIATE IN THE TONGUE CHANNEL AT THE WELD TO THE FRONT BODY WALL.
THE CRACKS CAN PROPERGATE RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF THE COUPLER ASSEMBLY FROM THE TRAILER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment.
What should you do?
HILLSBORO WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE A REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HILLSBORO AT 316-947-3127.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Hillsboro Endura Bumper HitchNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by HILLSBORO INDUSTRIES.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.