By year
Owner complaints about Carry-on Trailer vehicles peaked at 1 in 2025
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2017 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Carry-on Trailer
The complete NHTSA record for Carry-on Trailer vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Carry-on Trailer recalls are filed by Carry-On Trailer.
Owner complaints in the last five years11 on file in all, across 4 models
Recall campaigns10 in five years
Severity index100.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations00 service bulletins
Components
Trailer hitches draws the most owner complaints about Carry-on Trailer vehicles, 100% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The 5.5X10GWHDP has the most complaints of any Carry-on Trailer model
Every Carry-on Trailer model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5X10GWHDP | 2023 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dump | 2017 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Enclosed | 2017 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Utility | 2017 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Carry-on Trailer product
- 17V-459 Jul 19, 2017
Affected trailers use the Bright Way breakaway box number 2305 which has a push-to-test light that may remain lit at all times
Brakes ยท 2,728 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.