Structure: body: bumpers: active shutters/grill (Curt Retrac)
Vehicle equipment recall 22E-043. NHTSA received Lippert’s report on May 23, 2022.
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NHTSA received Lippert’s report on May 23, 2022. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 2026.
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What’s wrong with it?
A bent or broken mounting bracket can cause damage to the grill guard, increasing the risk of a crash.
Lippert Components, Inc.
(DBA Curt by Lippert) is recalling certain Curt Retrac Maglatch Bracket Kits, with part number 207980, sold for use with Protec series grill guards on 2021 Kenworth T680 and Peterbilt 579 tractor trailers.
The mounting bracket metal may fracture, causing the bracket to bend or break.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Structure: body: bumpers: active shutters/grill.
What should you do?
Curt by Lippert will mail new bracket kits with replacement instructions, free of charge. Owners notification letters were mailed June 20, 2022. Owners may contact Curt by Lippert at (877) 287-8634. Lippert’s number for this recall is 2022-01-CURT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: 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.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 52 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
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Part no.
207980
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Curt Retrac Maglatch Bracket KITNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Lippert.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 24, 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.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026.