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Cottrell 1-CAR Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Cottrell 1-CAR (2019–2021).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2019
year with most recalls

Pick your Cottrell 1-CAR model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2021 Cottrell 1-CAR10
2020 Cottrell 1-CAR10
2019 Cottrell 1-CAR20

All Cottrell 1-CAR recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Cottrell 1-CAR, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Exterior lighting

    NHTSA 21V626000 Reported 878 vehicles potentially affected Cottrell, Inc.

    Cottrell, Inc. (Cottrell) is recalling certain 2018-2021 1-Car Carrier trailers. These trailers were manufactured without side and rear reflex reflectors. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."

    Remedy: Cottrell will provide 4 reflex reflectors and installation instructions to owners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on August 11, 2021. Owners may contact Cottrell's customer service at…

    Model years: 2019, 2020, 2021

  2. Exterior lighting

    NHTSA 19V771000 Reported 89 vehicles potentially affected Cottrell, Inc.

    Cottrell, Inc. (Cottrell) is recalling certain 2018-2019 1-Car trailers. The vehicles may be missing marker lights at the center of the bottom rear of the trailer. 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."

    Remedy: Cottrell has notified the owner of the affected trailers and has been working to schedule the modification of all units, free of charge. No additional owner letters will be mailed. The recall began on October 28, 2019.…

    Model years: 2019

Other Cottrell models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.