Campaign 21V-859

License plate light may have been installed that aims rearward and not towards the license plate

Defect summary

Supreme Corporation (Supreme) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Wabash National Supreme Dry Freight Body vehicles equipped with certain Maxon GPTLR and GPTWR liftgates. A license plate light may have been installed that aims rearward and not towards the license plate. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."

Consequence

A license plate light aimed toward other drivers may increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Supreme will work with Maxon to provide replacement license plate kits, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 19, 2022. Owners may contact Supreme customer service at 1-844-352-4921.

Notes

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.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file, campaign 21V859000. Text as published by NHTSA.

Vehicles covered

One product line is covered

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA about lighting on these vehicles: 0, of which 0 involved a crash, fire, injury or death. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.

Vehicles covered by campaign 21V-859
Make	Model	Model years	Complaints on this component
Supreme	DRY Freight Body	2019 to 2020	0

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls and complaints files. Equipment, tire and child-seat campaigns list products, not vehicles.

Investigation

No NHTSA investigation is linked to this recall

Most recalls are started by the manufacturer. This one lists "Manufacturer" as its origin.

Before the recall

No service bulletins on this component preceded the recall

Distinct manufacturer communications on the same component group, make, model and model year in the 24 months before the report date.

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications file.

Service bulletins

19V-345 May 3, 2019
Rear clearance lamp may be located in the incorrect position, blocking part of the required 90-degree light spread
18V-541 Aug 16, 2018
These trucks have intermediate clearance lights on the angled roof rail bracket, that may have limited visibility, reducing the vehicle's…
17V-738 Nov 21, 2017
These vehicles may have been built without rear and/or side reflex reflectors
17V-369 Jun 8, 2017
Affected vehicles have rear reflex reflectors that may have been mounted more than 60 inches above the road surface
16V-296 May 12, 2016
These vehicles have roof marker lights mounted on composite corner caps