Carriage
Carriage has 6 model lines on NHTSA's register (model years 1992–2012), with 11 recall campaigns and 47 consumer complaints.
Campaigns were most numerous in 2004 (2). The component complaints name most often is tires (327.6 per 1,000 component mentions). The Cameo line has the most complaints, 23 over 14 model years.
Comparisons here are between Carriage 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 Carriage only.
| Model line | Model years | Campaigns | Complaints | Per model year | Most-reported component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameo | 14 | 8 | 23 | 1.6 | Tires |
| Carri Lite | 18 | 10 | 21 | 1.2 | Tires |
| Carriage | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0.1 | Equipment |
| Carriage LS | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.2 | Suspension |
| LS | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0.2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Royals | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Campaigns by year
Complaints by year
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Carriage complaints.
Questions and answers
How many recalls has Carriage had?
11 NHTSA recall campaigns name Carriage vehicles (model years 1992–2012). Units potentially affected across those campaigns total about 9,738, 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 Carriage model line has the most complaints?
Cameo: 23 complaints over 14 model years (1.6 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 Carriage?
tires (327.6 per 1,000 mentions), structure (120.7 per 1,000 mentions), equipment (103.4 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.