Recall Register

1997 Ditch Witch S5A2: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1997 Ditch Witch S5A2. The newest campaign is 01V041000. NHTSA received the report on 12 Feb 2001. The NHTSA record gives the component Wheels. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 01V041000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace these wheels. Owner notification began march 19, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact charles machine at 1-580-336-4402.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 1,543 units in total.

  1. 01V041000Received . 723 units.

    Wheels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: trailers equipped with wheels painted silver with "DOT USA t 16 x 6 kh" stamped into the rim. The center disk can crack with possible separation of rim from disk.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This increases the risk of loss of vehicle control.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace these wheels. Owner notification began march 19, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact charles machine at 1-580-336-4402.

    Report filed by CHARLES MACHINE WORKS INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 98V086000Received . 820 units.

    Wheels / Rim

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: trailers equipped with wheels that are stamped with "t16x16k DOT 0496 rudeveca." the wheel center to rim welds have failed, causing the rim to break loose from the wheel center.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition could cause a driver to lose control of the trailer increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace these wheels.

    Report filed by CHARLES MACHINE WORKS INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19962
  2. 19972
  3. 19981
  4. 19991
  5. 20001
  6. 20011

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1997 Ditch Witch S5A2: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ditch-witch/s5a2/1997/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

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
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHARLES MACHINE WORKS INC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1997 Ditch Witch S5A2?
1,543 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ditch Witch S5A2 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the Ditch Witch S5A2, model years 1996 to 2001. 2 of them name the 1997 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1997 Ditch Witch S5A2 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.