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CarsLore / Makes / Utility / Trailer

Utility Trailer

Model years 1991–2013 in the US safety record. No model year stands out in owner complaints. Fewest complaints: 2003, 2012, 2013.

78owner complaints
4recall campaigns
47service bulletins
15model years on record

Complaints by model year

Each bar is one model year. The most recent years are still collecting complaints.

’91’93’95’97’99’01’03’13’91’94’97’00’03

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026

Year by year

Model yearComplaintsRecallsBulletinsCrashes · fires
20131030 · 0
20121030 · 0
20031050 · 0
20020030 · 0
20012230 · 1
20004231 · 0
1999 Trailer5130 · 0
1998 Trailer12231 · 1
1997 Trailer10130 · 0
1996 Trailer7130 · 1
1995 Trailer12130 · 1
1994 Trailer9131 · 0
1993 Trailer6130 · 0
1992 Trailer6130 · 1
19912130 · 0

A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections

Most common problems

  • Service brakes, hydraulic28
  • Tires19
  • Trailer hitches8
  • Wheels5
  • Power train5
  • Unknown or other4
  • Suspension4
  • Equipment4

NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years

Recalls

4 campaigns cover the Trailer.

02V210001 · Service brakes, air15 Aug 2002 · 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

ON CERTAIN TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH SPRING BRAKE CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLIES, THERE IS A RECESSED AREA ON TOP OF THE VALVE IN WHICH A BRASS GUIDE PIN FITS DOWN INSIDE THE BODY OF THE VALVE AND IS HELD IN PLACE BY A STEEL SNAP RING. THE RECESSED AREA ALLOWS ACCUMULATION OF WATER, DIRT, AND/OR CHEMICALS TO BUILD UP BEHIND THE SNAP RING TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL NO LONGER CONTAIN THE GUIDE PIN RESULTING IN A FAILURE OF THE AIR VALVE.

02V139003 · Service brakes, air16 May 2002 · 2000, 2001

ON CERTAIN TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH BENDIX SR-5 TRAILER SPRING BRAKE VALVE ASSEMBLIES, THE MOLDED RUBBER FACE OF THE INLET/EXHAUST VALVE (I/E VALVE) COMPONENT OF THE AFFECTED VALVES CAN SEPARATE FROM THE VALVE'S METAL INSERT. AIR CAN BE TRAPPED BY A SEPARATED I/E VALVE CAUSING IT TO BALLOON AND BLOCK THE EXHAUST PASSAGE OF THE TRAILER SPRING BRAKE CIRCUIT.

98V120004 · Wheels22 Jul 1998 · 1998

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: DUAL AXLE, SEMI-VAN AND FLATBED, TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH AFTERMARKET ALUMINUM DUAL WHEELS, 22.5X8.25, ONE-PIECE, TUBELESS, SUPPLIED BY ACCURIDE/AKW. CERTAIN DESIGN REVISIONS COMBINED WITH PROCESS CONDITIONS CAUSED FATIGUE CRACKS IN THESE WHEELS.

95V205000 · Suspension13 Oct 1995 · 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

A CRACK OCCURS OUTBOARD OF THE AXLE ATTACHMENT WHICH GROWS AND RESULTS IN SEPARATION OF THE END OF THAT AXLE, INCLUDING TIRES AND WHEELS, FROM THE TRAILER.

NHTSA recalls