Trailer hitches: fifth wheel assembly (Silver Eagle)
Vehicle equipment recall 89E-015. NHTSA received SILVER EAGLE MFG. CO.’s report on Jun 1, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received SILVER EAGLE MFG. CO.’s report on Jun 1, 1989. 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?
FATIGUE CRACKING COULD LEAD TO FAILURE AND SEPARATIONOF THE FRONT AXLE AND SUSPENSION FROM THE FULL TRAILER. A VEHICLE CRASH COULDOCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
THE TURNTABLE PEDESTAL MAY DEVELOP FATIGUE CRACKS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Trailer hitches: fifth wheel assembly.
What should you do?
REPLACEMENT OF THE 5TH WHEEL PEDESTAL WILL BE MADE AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM:FULL TRAILER FRONT SUSPENSION.VEHICLE CATAGORY:TRAILERS.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 61 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Silver Eagle 5th Wheel PedestalNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by SILVER EAGLE MFG. CO..
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.