Recall Register

Vehicles

Big TEX

2 model lines · 3 recall campaigns · 3 complaints · 0 investigations · reports filed by Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.

Big TEX has 2 model lines on NHTSA's register (model years 2012–2024), with 3 recall campaigns and 3 consumer complaints.

Campaigns were most numerous in 2012 (1). The component complaints name most often is service brakes (500 per 1,000 component mentions). The 25GN line has the most complaints, 3 over 3 model years.

Comparisons here are between Big TEX model lines; complaint counts across makes depend on fleet size and reporting rates and are not compared.

Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Model lines

Ordered by total complaints. "Per model year" divides complaints by the number of model years on the register, a comparison within Big TEX only.

Model lineModel yearsCampaignsComplaintsPer model yearMost-reported component
25GN3331.0Service Brakes
25PH1200.0

Campaigns by year

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24
26
Distinct NHTSA campaigns naming Big TEX vehicles, by year the report was received.

Complaints by year

15
16
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18
19
20
21
22
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24
25
26
Complaints about Big TEX vehicles by year received.

Components most reported

Per 1,000 component mentions across all Big TEX complaints.

Questions and answers

How many recalls has Big TEX had?

3 NHTSA recall campaigns name Big TEX vehicles (model years 2012–2024). Units potentially affected across those campaigns total about 5,878, a figure that includes other makes where a campaign is shared (Takata air bag inflators, for example). Campaigns naming several model lines count once.

Which Big TEX model line has the most complaints?

25GN: 3 complaints over 3 model years (1.0 per model year). Larger-selling lines draw more complaints; the per-model-year column controls for the number of years, not for sales.

What components are reported most for Big TEX?

service brakes (500 per 1,000 mentions), tires (250 per 1,000 mentions), structure (250 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Where does this data come from?

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 (recalls) and 15 May 2019 (complaints).

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Make names are as NHTSA records them. Comparisons are within this make; see the methodology for why makes are not ranked against each other.