Manufacturer profile

Universal Trailer Cargo Group

Universal Trailer Cargo Group has filed 1 recall campaign with NHTSA since 2016, covering 89 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 file12016 to 2016
Do-not-drive or park-outside0Campaigns with an advisory

Filed under the name "Universal Trailer Cargo Group, Inc.".

Campaigns per year

Universal Trailer Cargo Group has averaged 0 campaigns a year since 2021, below its 2016 peak of 1

Universal Trailer Cargo Group recall campaigns by report date, 2016 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

00.250.50.751201612017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file. The lighter column is a partial year.
Components

Trailer hitches are Universal Trailer Cargo Group's most recalled component since 2016

Universal Trailer Cargo Group campaigns by primary component, 2016 to 2026.

Trailer hitches
1
Source: NHTSA ODI. Each campaign counted once.
Remedy type

Software remedies against the industry

Share of campaigns remedied by a software update, Universal Trailer Cargo Group against all manufacturers, by year.

Universal Trailer Cargo GroupAll 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 Universal Trailer Cargo Group campaigns, 1

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

00.250.50.751201512016
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Latest campaigns

The latest Universal Trailer Cargo Group filings

The ten most recent campaigns, by report date.

Latest Universal Trailer Cargo Group campaigns
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
16V-709Oct 5, 2016Cross winds may result in the trailers tipping or lifting, possibly causing the couplers to tearTrailer hitches89Not stated
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Largest campaigns

Universal Trailer Cargo Group's five largest campaigns on file

Vehicles or units affected, millions, any year.

  1. 2016 Cross winds may result in the trailers…0.00M
Source: NHTSA ODI.