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Fontaine Trailer Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 6 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Fontaine Trailer (1997–2004). The most-complained-about year is 1999.

3
safety recalls, all years
6
owner complaints, all years
2002
year with most recalls
1999
year with most complaints

Pick your Fontaine Trailer model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2004 Fontaine Trailer10
2003 Fontaine Trailer20
2002 Fontaine Trailer20
2001 Fontaine Trailer10
2000 Fontaine Trailer11
1999 Fontaine Trailer13
1998 Fontaine Trailer10
1997 Fontaine Trailer12

What Fontaine Trailer owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA. The 1999 model year has the most, with 3.

All Fontaine Trailer recalls (3)

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

  1. Drum (service brakes)

    NHTSA 04V085000 Reported 30 vehicles potentially affected FONTAINE TRAILER COMPANY

    On certain flatbed and flatbed with curtin side trailers equipped with webb wheel platinum series brake drums, these brake drums could crack on the braking surface.

    Remedy: Webb wheel will inspect and replace the brake drums. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact webb…

    Model years: 2002, 2003, 2004

  2. Abs warning light (service brakes)

    NHTSA 03V425000 Reported 67 vehicles potentially affected FONTAINE TRAILER COMPANY

    On certain trailers equipped with bendix ec-30t electronic control units (ECU). If the trailer-mounted ABS warning lamp circuit experiences an electrical short and the short is not repaired, the high side power switch inside the ECU that controls the illumination of the trailer-mounted ABS warning lamp may eventually become thermally…

    Remedy: Bendix will provide a remedy kit and detailed instructions and also provide a labor allowance for the repair. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the…

    Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

  3. Trailer hitches

    NHTSA 98V159000 Reported 50 vehicles potentially affected FONTAINE TRAILER

    Vehicle description: platform trailers equipped with king pins marked with cha, chn, & chp and supplied to fontaine by tefaco. The king pin separates as soon as the trailer is applied, allowing the trailer to separate from the tow vehicle.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the defective king pins.

    Model years: 1997, 1998

Other Fontaine 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.