Wilson: recalls by model and year

Name: Wilson recall campaigns
Creator: Recall Register
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NHTSA lists 11 vehicle recall campaigns for Wilson. The register has 2 model lines of the make, model years 2000 to 2015. NHTSA has 2 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 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model lines

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

Wilson: recall campaigns and complaints for each model line
Model line	Model years	Campaigns	Complaints	Complaints for each model year	Component with the most mentions
Grain Trailer	13	9	2	0.2	Power Train
Livestock Trailer	16	3	0	0.0

This table compares the model lines of Wilson 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 11.

15V440000Received 10 Jul 2015. 1,890 units.
Suspension / Front / King Pin
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Wilson Trailer Company (Wilson) is recalling certain model year 2006-2015 Grain trailers manufactured January 1, 2006, to March 31, 2015. In the the affected trailers, the welds that attach the bolster plate to the pickup plate around the kingpin may fail. Failure of these welds may result in the kingpin separating from the pickup plate.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the kingpin separates from the pickup plate, the trailer could detach from the tractor, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Wilson will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the aluminum kingpin assemblies for cracked or failed welds, repairing them as necessary. Additionally, a new forged steel kingpin will be installed with supplemental fasteners. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on July 29, 2015. Owners may contact Wilson customer service at 1-800-798-2002. Wilson's number for this recall is 323D.
Report filed by Wilson Trailer Company. Manufacturer campaign number 323D. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 29 Jul 2015. The campaign has 10 make, model and year entries.
14V492000Received 25 Jul 2014. 716 units.
Suspension
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Wilson Trailer Company (Wilson) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Grain and Livestock trailers manufactured September 20, 2013, to July 18, 2014, and equipped with certain Pivot Bolts Part Number 93201070. The affected pivot bolts may experience an intergranular quench crack where the bolt head meets the body of the bolt.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Failure of the pivot bolts may cause the suspension and attached axle to separate from the trailer, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Wilson will notify owners, and dealers or authorized repair facilites will replace the pivot bolts, free of charge. The recall began in September 2014. Owners may contact Wilson customer service at 1-800-798-2002. Wilson's number for this recall is 926P.
Report filed by Wilson Trailer Company. Manufacturer campaign number 926P. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 24 Sep 2014. The campaign has 4 make, model and year entries.
13V034000Received 30 Jan 2013. 556 units.
Equipment
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Wilson Trailer Company (Wilson Trailer) is recalling certain model year 2007-2013 livestock trailers manufactured from January 2, 2007, through November 30, 2012, and equipped with a lift deck in the nose compartment. The plastic deck guides on the lift deck in the nose compartment can fail to provide proper tracking of the deck when it is raised and lowered.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Failure of these guides to provide containment could allow the lift deck to shift to one side causing the deck to fall past the permanent deck support rails, increasing the risk of damage to property inside the trailer.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Wilson Trailer will notify owners, and dealers will repair the trailers free of charge. The recall began on February 21, 2013. Owners may contact Wilson Trailer at 1-800-798-2002.
Report filed by WILSON TRAILER COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 21 Feb 2013. The campaign has 7 make, model and year entries.
11V481000Received 22 Sep 2011. 4 units.
Service Brakes, Air / Slack Adjusters / Automatic
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Wilson trailer is recalling certain model year 2011 grain trailers manufactured from october 15, 2010, through january 31, 2011, and equipped with gunite automatic slack adjusters. Due to an incomplete "knitting" of the iron at the time of casting, inadequate structural integrity of the slack adjuster housing can occur, which could cause the housing to break at the handle under normal operating loads.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Slack adjusters with this flow notch could crack under normal braking conditions causing loss of braking which could result in a vehicle crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Wilson trailer will notify owners the slack adjusters will be replaced free of charge. The safety recall began on october 10, 2011. Owners may contact accuride at 1-812-962-5000 or wison trailer at 1-712-252-6477.
Report filed by WILSON TRAILER COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 10 Oct 2011. The campaign has 1 make, model and year entry.
10V060000Received 25 Feb 2010. 968 units.
Suspension
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Wilson trailer is recalling certain model year 2000 through 2008 livestock trailers manufactured between march 1, 2000 and august 1, 2008. The cross channel between the front and rear suspension hangers can break and, if undetected, over time can cause the frame to flex causing severe cracking of the frame.
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This could lead to a loss of suspension and increase a risk of a crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Wilson trailer will notify owners and repair the trailers free of charge. The safety recall began on march 15, 2010. Owners may contact wilson trailer at 1-800-798-2002.
Report filed by WILSON TRAILER COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 526D. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 15 Mar 2010. The campaign has 9 make, model and year entries.

The list shows the newest 5 of 11 campaigns.

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Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name Wilson vehicles, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2006, with 3 campaigns.

Complaints about Wilson vehicles, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2007, 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.

Wilson: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Power Train	500	1
Tires	500	1

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. Wilson: recalls by model and year. https://recallregister.com/make/wilson/. 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: 29 Mar 2018
Investigations that name the make: 0
Units in the campaigns: 7,787

Manufacturers in the recall file: WILSON TRAILER COMPANY.

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 Wilson model line has the most recall campaigns?: The Grain Trailer: 9 campaigns for 13 model years. A line with more model years has more campaigns.
Which Wilson model line has the most complaints?: The Grain Trailer: 2 complaints for 13 model years. A line with more vehicles on the road gets more complaints.
Which components do the complaints about Wilson vehicles name?: Power Train: 1 component mention. Tires: 1 component mention.
How many units are in the recall campaigns for Wilson?: 7,787 units in 11 campaigns. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make.