Featherlite 8261 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 2 model years of the Featherlite 8261 (2008–2009).

Pick your Featherlite 8261 model year

• 2008
• 2009

All Featherlite 8261 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Featherlite 8261, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Non-powered axle assembly (suspension)

   NHTSA 12V201000 Reported May 8, 2012 153 vehicles potentially affected FEATHERLITE, INC.

   Featherlite is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 trailers equipped with a meritor axle. The bearing system has exhibited low durability life in certain vehicle applications.

   Remedy: Featherlite is working with the meritor to identify and repair the vehicles that contain the subject axles free of charge. The recall began on may 24, 2012. This recall campaign supersedes previous recall campaign…

   Model years: 2008, 2009

Other Featherlite models

• Trailer6 complaints
• 16303 complaints
• 10752 complaints
• 16201 complaints
• 31101 complaints
• 49611 complaints
• 50001 complaints
• 81201 complaints

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.