By year
Owner complaints about Utility Trailer vehicles peaked at 2 in 2023
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2015 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 years22 on file in all, across 3 models
Recall campaigns20 in five years
Severity index0.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations06 service bulletins
Components
Trailer hitches draws the most owner complaints about Utility Trailer vehicles, 50% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The VS2DC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS2DC | 2015 to 2021 | 2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| VS2DX | 2015 to 2021 | 0 | None | 8 | 0 |
| VS3DX | 2015 to 2021 | 0 | None | 7 | 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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.