By year
Owner complaints about Cottrell vehicles peaked at 1 in 2025
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2019 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Cottrell
The complete NHTSA record for Cottrell vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Cottrell recalls are filed by Cottrell.
Owner complaints in the last five years11 on file in all, across 2 models
Recall campaigns31 in five years
Severity index100.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations012 service bulletins
Components
Owner complaints by component
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The 2-CAR Carrier has the most complaints of any Cottrell model
Every Cottrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-CAR Carrier | 2019 to 2021 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1-CAR | 2019 to 2021 | 0 | None | 4 | 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 Cottrell product
- 21V-863 Nov 5, 2021
Four side-rear reflex reflectors are missing
Lighting · 40 vehicles - 21V-626 Aug 10, 2021
These trailers were manufactured without side and rear reflex reflectors
Lighting · 878 vehicles - 19V-771 Oct 28, 2019
Vehicles may be missing marker lights at the center of the bottom rear of the trailer
Lighting · 89 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.