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Dorsey Trailer Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 5 model years of the Dorsey Trailer (1987–1999). The most-complained-about year is 1987.

3
safety recalls, all years
2
owner complaints, all years
1996
year with most recalls
1987
year with most complaints

Pick your Dorsey Trailer model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1999 Dorsey Trailer10
1998 Dorsey Trailer10
1997 Dorsey Trailer21
1996 Dorsey Trailer20
1987 Dorsey Trailer01

What Dorsey Trailer owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 1987 model year has the most, with 1.

All Dorsey Trailer recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Dorsey Trailer, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (service brakes)

    NHTSA 98V126000 Reported 1,534 vehicles potentially affected DORSEY TRAILERS, INC.

    Vehicle description: platform trailers and dollies. The tubing installed in the air brake system on the platform trailers was not recommended for use with the tubing fittings used in the air brake system and the tubing installed on the dollies does not have the proper labeling and minimum burst strength. This does not comply with the…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the brake system tubing and replace the noncompliant tubing installed in the brake system.

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999

  2. Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip (service brakes)

    NHTSA 97V238003 Reported 2,021 vehicles potentially affected DORSEY TRAILERS, INC.

    Vehicle description: trailers equipped with antilock braking system (ABS) electronic control units (ECU) for over-the-road trailer applications. The cover seal (o-ring) may have been improperly installed in certain easy-stop trailer ABS electronic control units. An incorrectly installed seal could permit water to enter the ECU causing a…

    Remedy: Rockwell is conducting the notification and remedy for this recall. Dealers will replace the ECU on these trailers. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not…

    Model years: 1996, 1997

  3. Arm (steering)

    NHTSA 95V249001 Reported 50 vehicles potentially affected DORSEY TRAILERS, INC.

    These axles consist of a steel tubular center section and forged steel spindles that are welded to each end of the tube. Either spindle can contain a circumferential crack through a portion of its cross section.

    Remedy: Eaton will use portable ultrasonic testing equipment to inspect each suspect trailer axle. Trailer axles containing defective spindles will be replaced with equivalent axles.

    Model years: 1996

Other Dorsey 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.