Recall Register

2016 Morbark Beever: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2016 Morbark Beever. The newest campaign is 16V740000. NHTSA received the report on 14 Oct 2016. The NHTSA record gives the component Exterior Lighting. 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, 16V740000, in the NHTSA record

Morbark will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the rear side marker lights, free of charge. The recall began on January 9, 2017. Owners may contact Morbark customer service at 1-517-866-2381.
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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 6,885 units in total.

  1. 16V740000Received . 3,331 units.

    Exterior Lighting

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Morbark, Inc. (Morbark) is recalling certain model year 2008-2016 Beever wood chippers, models M15R, M15RX, M18R, M18RX and M20R, manufactured January 5, 2008, to October 3, 2016. The side marker lights on the affected vehicles may be mounted too high to be easily seen. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Side marker lights in an incorrect location may increase the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Morbark will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the rear side marker lights, free of charge. The recall began on January 9, 2017. Owners may contact Morbark customer service at 1-517-866-2381.

    Report filed by MORBARK, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 16V612000Received . 813 units.

    Exterior Lighting

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Morbark Inc. (Morbark) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 Beever M15R wood-chipper trailers manufactured February 6, 2013, to August 3, 2016, and Beever M20R wood-chipper trailers manufactured January 5, 2009, to August 3, 2016. The stop lights and tail lights on the affected vehicles may be located too high to be easily seen. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Rear lights that cannot easily be seen increase the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Morbark will notify owners and dealers will install a kit that repositions the lights, free of charge. The recall began on November 4, 2016. Owners may contact Morbark customer service at 1-517-866-2381.

    Report filed by MORBARK, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 16V611000Received . 2,741 units.

    Exterior Lighting

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Morbark, Inc. (Morbark) is recalling certain model year 2009-2016 Beever wood chipper trailers manufactured January 5, 2009, to August 3, 2016. The affected trailers are missing reflex reflectors. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Without reflectors, the wood chipper trailer may be less visible to other traffic, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Morbark will notify owners and provide them with reflectors to install, free of charge. The recall on November 4, 2016. Owners may contact Morbark customer service at 1-517-866-2381.

    Report filed by MORBARK, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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

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. 20081
  2. 20092
  3. 20102
  4. 20112
  5. 20122
  6. 20133
  7. 20143
  8. 20153
  9. 20163

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. 2016 Morbark Beever: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/morbark/beever/2016/. 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
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
MORBARK, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2016 Morbark Beever?
6,885 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Morbark Beever have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Morbark Beever, model years 2008 to 2016. 3 of them name the 2016 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2016 Morbark Beever open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.