The defect
Bowlus Road Chief LLC (Bowlus) is recalling certain 2022-2023, 2025 Endless Highways, 2024-2025 Volterra, 2024 Terra Firma, and 2025 Rivet trailers equipped with an elongated hitch. The owners manual does not include instructions to retighten the two hitch bolts in the maintenance schedule.
The risk
Without regular tightening, the hitch bolts can loosen, allowing the top and bottom of the hitch to separate from each other, which could create a hazard and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Bowlus will provide a supplement to the owners manual. Dealers will inspect, replace, and tighten the hitch bolts, as necessary. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 1, 2025. Owners may contact Bowlus' customer service at service@bowlus.com.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Bowlus Endless Highways | 2022, 2023, 2025 |
| Bowlus Rivet | 2025 |
| Bowlus Terra Firma | 2024 |
| Bowlus Volterra | 2024, 2025 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowlus Endless Highways | 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| Bowlus Endless Highways | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Bowlus Endless Highways | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Bowlus Rivet | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Bowlus Terra Firma | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Bowlus Volterra | 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| Bowlus Volterra | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
Other equipment recalls in 2025
110 of the 891 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2025 concerned the equipment; Bowlus Road Chief LLC filed 3 campaigns in all.
| 25V910000 23 Dec 2025 | Spartan Fire, LLC |
| 25V909000 23 Dec 2025 | Altec Industries, Inc. |
| 25V847000 9 Dec 2025 | Jayco, Inc. |
| 25V820000 26 Nov 2025 | Altec Industries, Inc. |
| 25V819000 25 Nov 2025 | General Motors, LLC |
| 25V815000 25 Nov 2025 | General Motors, LLC |
| 25V814000 24 Nov 2025 | Pleasant Valley Teardrop Trailers LLC |
| 25V801000 20 Nov 2025 | Mack Trucks, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2025