Trailer hitches (Corey)
Vehicle recall 89V-166. NHTSA received COREY ENTERPRISES, INC.’s report on Oct 2, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received COREY ENTERPRISES, INC.’s report on Oct 2, 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?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
SOME ‘S’ HOOKS MAY HAVE HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THE INSIDE RADIUS OF THE EYE END OF THE HOOK.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Trailer hitches.
What should you do?
REPLACE DEFECTIVE ‘S’ HOOKS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: SAFETY CHAIN ‘S’ HOOKSVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: UTILITY TRAILERSCONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS COULD LEAD TO TOTAL BREAKAGE AND FAILURE OF THEHOOK RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE TRAILER WHICH COULD RESULT IN ANACCIDENT.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 470 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Corey Utility Trailersand 1988 and 1989, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by COREY ENTERPRISES, 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.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- 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.