Wilson Trailer Company: Suspension › Front › King Pin
Wilson Trailer Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 10, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,890. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
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.
The risk
If the kingpin separates from the pickup plate, the trailer could detach from the tractor, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
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.
10 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Wilson Grain Trailer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Wilson Grain Trailer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Wilson Grain Trailer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Wilson Grain Trailer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Wilson Grain Trailer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Wilson Grain Trailer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Wilson Grain Trailer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Wilson Grain Trailer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 Wilson Grain Trailer | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 Wilson Grain Trailer | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V440000.
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