Equipment (Pivit Hitch)
Vehicle equipment recall 07E-026. NHTSA received PIVIT HITCH, INC.’s report on Apr 18, 2007.
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The short answer
NHTSA received PIVIT HITCH, INC.’s report on Apr 18, 2007. 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?
THERE COULD BE A LOSS OF ATTACHMENT FROM THE TOW VEHICLE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH.
CERTAIN AFTERMARKET PIVIT HITCH REVOLUTION OR SWING AWAY TONGUES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN APRIL 25, 2005, AND OCTOBER 20, 2006, SOLD FOR USE TO TOW BOAT TRAILERS.
THE CASTINGS THAT HOLD THE BOLT AND PIN ASSEMBLY FOR THE SWING AWAY TONGUE AT THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER MAY WEAKEN AND BREAK OR THE BOLTS COULD COME LOOSE AND OR BREAK.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment.
What should you do?
PIVIT HITCH WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE SWING AWAY TONGUE WITH A NEWLY CONFIGURED PRODUCT FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING APRIL 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT PIVIT HITCH, INC. AT 951-682-0485.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: CUSTOMERS MAY 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 49 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Pivit Hitch Pivit HitchBuilt from Apr 25, 2005 to Oct 20, 2006
Who is recalling it?
- Made by PIVIT HITCH, INC..
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.