Featherlite: recalls by model and year

Name: Featherlite recall campaigns
Creator: Recall Register
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NHTSA lists 8 vehicle recall campaigns for Featherlite. The register has 3 model lines of the make, model years 1999 to 2012. NHTSA has 5 complaints on file for these model lines.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 15 May 2019. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model lines

3 model lines, in the order of the number of complaints.

Featherlite: recall campaigns and complaints for each model line
Model line	Model years	Campaigns	Complaints	Complaints for each model year	Component with the most mentions
Trailer	11	5	5	0.5	Tires
H3-45	5	2	0	0.0
XL-II	3	2	0	0.0

This table compares the model lines of Featherlite only. The NHTSA files have no sales figures. A model line with more vehicles on the road gets more complaints. This site does not compare one make with a different make.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Newest recall campaigns

The newest 5 of 8.

12V201000Received 8 May 2012. 153 units.
Suspension / Rear / Axle / Non-Powered Axle Assembly
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 trailers equipped with a meritor axle. The bearing system has exhibited low durability life in certain vehicle applications.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Prolonged use of the system in these applications can result in the degradation of the bearing grease, thereby potentially resulting in a bearing failure and subsequent wheel end fire.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite is working with the meritor to identify and repair the vehicles that contain the subject axles free of charge. The recall began on may 24, 2012. This recall campaign supersedes previous recall campaign 11v-396. Trailers that were repaired under the previous campaign will also need to be repaired under this campaign. Owners may contact featherlite at 1-563-547-6000.
Report filed by FEATHERLITE, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 24 May 2012. The campaign has 21 make, model and year entries.
11V396000Received 1 Mar 2011. 127 units.
Power Train / Axle Assembly
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite is recalling certain model year 2007 through 2012 featherlite trailers equipped with arvinmeritor axles that contain the fag brand bearing system. The bearing system has exhibited low durability life in certain vehicle applications.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Prolonged use of the system in these applications can result in the degradation of the bearing grease, thereby potentially resulting in a bearing failure and subsequent wheel end fire.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite has notified owners and arvinmeritor is performing the repairs free of charge. The safety recall began on march 29, 2011. Owners may contact arvinmeritor's ontrac performance plus call center at 1-866-668-7221 or featherlite at 1-563-547-6000.
Report filed by FEATHERLITE, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 29 Mar 2011. The campaign has 6 make, model and year entries.
10V573000Received 18 Nov 2010. 4 units.
Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite trailers is recalling certain trailers equipped with 1200-series norcold refrigerators. The population of refrigerators being addressed contains either a sensing algorithm or thermal switch to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are detected in order to prevent a potential fire. The response times of the sensor algorithm and thermal switch devices to stop power are not sufficient.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The sensing algorithm or thermal switch installed to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are detected due to a possible hydrogen gas leak may not shut off in sufficient time to prevent a fire.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite trailers is working with norcold to identify and notify any affected owners. Owners will be instructed to contact norcold dealers to receive the remedy free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049 for additional information. The recall began on december 9, 2010. Owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101 or featherlite trailers at 1-877-903-1444.
Report filed by FEATHERLITE, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 30 Mar 2011. The campaign has 4 make, model and year entries.
06V273000Received 25 Jul 2006. 5 units.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain trailers equipped with dexter axles, the disc brake caliper mounting bolts may strip. Insufficient clamp load between caliper and yoke can cause the caliper to disassemble and adversely affect the trailers braking system.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Loss of braking can increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dexter has modified the remedy for these vehicles (please see 06e029). A new larger caliper mounting nut will be installed. For more information you may contact dexter axle at 1-800-400-2164 or featherlite at 1-563-547-6000.
Report filed by FEATHERLITE, INC.. The campaign has 1 make, model and year entry.
05V280000Received 14 Jun 2005. 110 units.
Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer / LPG Systems / Water Heater
Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain motor homes built on prevost bus chassis and equipped with vehicle systems' aqua-hot and hydro-hot water heaters, which use webasto burner tubes, the burner tubes do not meet specifications and could fail prematurely.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The surface temperature of the exhaust tube exiting from the heater can increase and could potentially ignite combustible materials in or around the vehicle.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Featherlite is working with vehicle systems to notify owners and have the repair performed on their vehicles. The recall began on june 21, 2005. Owners may contact vehicle systems at 1-800-685-4298 or featherlite at 888-826-8273.
Report filed by FEATHERLITE, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 21 Jun 2005. The campaign has 6 make, model and year entries.

The list shows the newest 5 of 8 campaigns.

Download all 8 campaigns of Featherlite (CSV)

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name Featherlite vehicles, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2000, with 1 campaign.

Complaints about Featherlite vehicles, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2012, with 2 complaints.

Components in the complaints

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Featherlite: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component		Per 1,000	Mentions
Tires		1,000	5

Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Featherlite: recalls by model and year. https://recallregister.com/make/featherlite/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 15 May 2019
Investigations that name the make: 0
Units in the campaigns: 3,624

Manufacturers in the recall file: FEATHERLITE, INC..

The make name is the name in the NHTSA files. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Featherlite model line has the most recall campaigns?: The Trailer: 5 campaigns for 11 model years. A line with more model years has more campaigns.
Which Featherlite model line has the most complaints?: The Trailer: 5 complaints for 11 model years. A line with more vehicles on the road gets more complaints.
Which components do the complaints about Featherlite vehicles name?: Tires: 5 component mentions.
How many units are in the recall campaigns for Featherlite?: 3,624 units in 8 campaigns. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make.