By year
Owner complaints about Utility Trailer vehicles peaked at 2 in 2023
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2011 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Utility Trailer
The complete NHTSA record for Utility Trailer vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Utility Trailer recalls are filed by Utility Trailer Manufacturing, part of Utility Trailer.
Owner complaints in the last five years25 on file in all, across 4 models
Recall campaigns60 in five years
Severity index20.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations07 service bulletins
Components
Tires draws the most owner complaints about Utility Trailer vehicles, 29% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The VS2DX has the most complaints of any Utility Trailer model
Every Utility 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS2DX | 2006 to 2021 | 2 | 50.0 | 22 | 0 |
| VS2DC | 2006 to 2021 | 2 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SU508 | 2001 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| VS3DX | 2006 to 2021 | 0 | None | 16 | 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 Utility Trailer product
- 21V-243 Apr 7, 2021
Horizontal weld that attaches a mild steel angle to the slider rail for super doubles/pintle hook operations may be missing
Structure · 2,752 vehicles - 15V-063 Feb 4, 2015
Affected actuators may have an incomplete attachment of the internal rubber diaphragm to the actuation mechanism of the parking brake section of…
Brakes · 3,111 vehicles - 14V-463 Jul 30, 2014
Pintle hook tube sub assembly that is welded to the pintle hook safety chain loop may break and fall off the vehicle
Structure · 2,098 vehicles - 12V-020 Jan 20, 2012
Mounting plates used for mounting single or double battery boxes on trailers may be the incorrect size and some may also have been misoriented…
Latches and locks · 95 vehicles - 11V-117 Feb 18, 2011
Insufficient torque may have been applied on the spindle nut on the arvinmeritor tl series trailer axles installed in these van trailers where the…
Powertrain · 384 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.