2021 White River Marine Group Boat Trailer

Routine

Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels3
000
Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs1
000
Wheels › Hub1
000
Structure › Body1
000
Service Brakes1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Wheels
Filed Mar 2, 2026MI

My trailer was part of an axle hub bearing recall. The dealership did the work in 2022. After routine maintenance in 2023 and 2024 the hub failed in 2025 causing me to purchase a new axle. Additionally in 2025, the trailer was found to be missing nuts from the leaf spring suspension system.

Structure › Body
Filed May 27, 2024LA

The trailer frame can not support the weight of the boat. I’m hauling my boat on the trailer going down a divided highway when I notice the trailer side marker light on passenger moving all around through my side mirror. The whole front of the fender broke off and was jammed on my trailer tire nearly causing a blow out or flying off and causing a wreck. I immediately pulled over and luckily it didn’t cause a blow out but it did rub my tire bad. I could smell the burnt rubber and the rear 2 bolts was the only thing still holding it on. Both of the inner fender shields flew off driving down the same highway. The leaf springs and single axle isn’t sufficient for a Tracker 195 Tournament Edition with a Mercury Pro XS Max 115hp and loaded with fishing equipment. I’ve done replaced wheel bearings 4 times, the axle shaft within a year after purchase, within 4 months had a blowout, the wheel nearly came off driving down the divided highway. It’s been one thing after another. It swerves bad, hops ridiculously on the smallest bumps, and squeaks like a train.

Wheels
Filed Jul 27, 2022MO

Three of the four wheel axle hubs have water in them. The trailer is a little over a year old and less than 1000 miles driven. It is currently in the local service center (Tracker Marine - Branson, MO) from the Manufacturer. The same trailers have a recall for incorrectly tightened hubs. It does not appear this issue is part of a recall and the service center said my trailer is not part of the other recall. I do not have documents yet.

Wheels › Hub
Filed Jul 18, 2022AZ

2021 WHITERIVE MARINE GROUP BOAT TRAILER. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS MADE TO VEHICLE . THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO REIMBURSED FOR SAFETY RECALL 22V-343.

Service Brakes
Filed Jul 1, 2022WI

I have control issues due to inadequte suspension. The problem I'm (and others) having is due to the suspension on these trailers. When pulling the trailer on the roads there is exessive bouncing to the point where one could lose control. Personally I have checked my trailer wieght, vehicle weight, tounge weight, etc. and found everything to be set up correctly but I cant solve the bouncing. I also had it in to the dealer and asked them to check the trailer, they said they pulled it with their truck and felt it was normal. The issue is somewhat road related and is worse on different roads or even on different sections of the same road but there is no warning. Some roads are so bad that you cant have a conversation because of the repeated bouncing. The trailer is made for road use so it should be safe on all public roads. The worse roads are the concrete freeways and I find some roads are almost unuseable to me. I thought maybe it was just my setup but then I joined a facebook group called Nitro ZV Nation and found that many others in the group have the same issues with bouncing and also excessive suspension noise. A lot of people have posted that upgrading their trailers suspension (shackles, equilizers, some case leaf springs) has resolved the issues caused by these parts. Some of these trailers are only a year old and this shouldn't be required by the owners to make them safe. People have posted pictures of how worn out and egg shaped the mounting holes for these parts have

Wheels
Filed Jun 23, 2022TN

The contact owns a 2021 White River Marine Group boat trailer. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V343000 (Wheels). The contact stated that due to high fuel prices, he was unable to drive the 100-mile distance recommended by the manufacturer to an authorized dealer for the recall repair to be performed. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and referred the contact to the dealer. The contact had not experienced a failure.

Wheels › Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
Filed Apr 29, 2022WV

The contact owns a 2021 White River Boat trailer. The contact stated that while the boat trailer was parked, the brake pads detached from the inside of the wheels and fell on the ground. Upon inspection, the contact noticed that the driver's and passenger's side wheels were missing bolts that held the brake calipers in place. The dealer was made aware of the failure; however, the boat trailer was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the boat trailer was out of warranty.

7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2021
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20223000Routine
2021 — this page7000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.