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I want to make sure everyone knows why I've posted this. I believe this is such a safety issue and with the cause still being determined, fellow owners ought to visually check the hitch attachment.

My hitch is a standard Reese 5K hitch. It is the bolt on type (3 bolts on each side). What failed is the frame extension where the hitch is attached. These is no weld here, rather the frame is a standard formed channel type. I pull a 2013 Ford Explorer with a curb weight of approximately 4600. In the past 13 months we have traveled more 18,000 while towing our Explorer. I have a 2" drop on the hitch to more correctly align the hitch with tow points on the Explorer. I say all of this to make sure there is context for use and/or cause of the failure.

Thus far, Thor and their supplier Morryde have been all over this. The good news there is an answer for the repair. The bad news - still not sure why the failure.

I will continue to post updates as I move through this in the next few days.

I am attaching a copy of the current hitch since this failure occurred.