Manufacturer profile

PJ Trailers

PJ Trailers has filed 6 recall campaigns with NHTSA since 2016, covering 10k vehicles or units by the manufacturer's own estimates.

Makes in its campaigns
Campaigns filed in 2026 to date0No campaigns in 2025
Vehicles affected02026 to date
Campaigns on file62016 to 2024
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "PJ Trailers".

Campaigns per year

PJ Trailers has averaged 1 campaigns a year since 2021, below its 2023 peak of 2

PJ Trailers recall campaigns by report date, 2016 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

00.511.52201620172018201920202021202220232202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Trailer hitches are PJ Trailers's most recalled component since 2016

PJ Trailers campaigns by primary component, 2016 to 2026.

Trailer hitches
2
Equipment
2
Suspension
1
Tires
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Software remedies against the industry

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, PJ Trailers against all manufacturers, by year.

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

Model year 2024 is covered by the most PJ Trailers campaigns, 3

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

0123201520162020202120222023202432025
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest PJ Trailers filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest PJ Trailers campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
24V-837Nov 6, 2024Air ride suspension brake axles may be installed incorrectly, resulting in reduced braking abilitySuspension43Part replacement
23V-857Dec 18, 2023Sidewall of the tires may experience bubbling and separate, causing loss of tire pressureTires4,267Part replacement
23V-319May 4, 2023Coupler mounting bolts may loosen and cause the coupler to separate from the inner tubeTrailer hitches4,905Part replacement
21V-061Feb 8, 2021PJ Trailers is recalling certain 2021 C4, C5, U8, UL, U6, and UC trailers equipped with axles that may have missing inner bearingsEquipment373Part replacement
20V-522Aug 28, 2020Attachment bolts of the hydraulic cylinder may fail if the hydraulic system is used to lower the dump box once the dump box is already in the…Equipment694Part replacement
16V-433Jun 14, 2016During production, these trailers had a notch cut into steel tongue that may have been too deep and thus compromised the strength of the tongue,…Trailer hitches36Repair or modification
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

PJ Trailers's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2023 Coupler mounting bolts may loosen and cause…0.00M
  2. 2023 Sidewall of the tires may experience…0.00M
  3. 2020 Attachment bolts of the hydraulic cylinder…0.00M
  4. 2021 PJ Trailers is recalling certain 2021 C4,…0.00M
  5. 2024 Air ride suspension brake axles may be…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.