Manufacturer profile

Fontaine Trailer

Fontaine Trailer has filed 8 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2015, covering 2,643 vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Makes in its campaigns
Campaigns filed in 2026 to date0Ranked 145 of 202 manufacturers by campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected02026 to date
Campaigns on file82015 to 2025
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "Fontaine Trailer Company".

Campaigns per year

Fontaine Trailer has averaged 0 campaigns a year since 2021, below its 2015 peak of 3

Fontaine Trailer recall campaigns by report date, 2015 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

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Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Brakes are Fontaine Trailer's most recalled component since 2016

Fontaine Trailer campaigns by primary component, 2016 to 2026.

Brakes
2
Lighting
1
Equipment
1
Structure
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Software remedies against the industry

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, Fontaine Trailer against all manufacturers, by year.

Fontaine TrailerAll manufacturers
010%20%30%2016201820202022202420260%18%
Source: NHTSA ODI remedy descriptions, classified by rule (see Methodology).
Model years covered

Model year 2015 is covered by the most Fontaine Trailer campaigns, 3

Fontaine Trailer campaigns covering each model year, last fifteen model years. A campaign counts once for each year it covers.

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Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest Fontaine Trailer filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest Fontaine Trailer campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
25V-560Aug 29, 2025Auto lift axle cables may not be installed in the correct ports, which can disable the anti-lock brake systemBrakes35Not stated
23V-368May 25, 2023Trailers may be missing the rear reflex reflectorsLighting545Not stated
19V-302Apr 15, 2019Hydraulic cylinder retaining pin for the main tail may disconnect from the trailer unexpectedlyEquipment123Part replacement
18V-660Sep 24, 2018These trailers were built with an under ride guard compliant for a wheels back trailer configuration, however, due to the customers design…Structure100Part replacement
16V-494Jul 1, 2016These brake valves were improperly machined without a radius on the internal check valve seat, causing a delay of application of the spring brakes…Brakes1,106Repair or modification
15V-708Oct 27, 2015Affected trailers have welds that may crack where the structural support member attaches to the frame hangerStructure552Repair or modification
15V-557Sep 3, 2015Affected trailers have a suspension member that may separate from the trailer as a result of cracks in the trailerSuspension23Repair or modification
15V-352Jun 8, 2015In the affected trailers, the hardened washers used in the bolted connections that secure the upper coupler, landing gear and suspensions to the…Structure159Part replacement
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

Fontaine Trailer's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2016 These brake valves were improperly machined…0.00M
  2. 2015 Affected trailers have welds that may crack…0.00M
  3. 2023 Trailers may be missing the rear reflex…0.00M
  4. 2015 In the affected trailers, the hardened…0.00M
  5. 2019 Hydraulic cylinder retaining pin for the…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.