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Great Dane Reefer Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 5 model years of the Great Dane Reefer (2007–2017). The most-complained-about year is 2017.

5
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
2015
year with most recalls
2017
year with most complaints

Pick your Great Dane Reefer model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2017 Great Dane Reefer11
2016 Great Dane Reefer20
2015 Great Dane Reefer30
2011 Great Dane Reefer10
2007 Great Dane Reefer10

What Great Dane Reefer owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 2017 model year has the most, with 1.

All Great Dane Reefer recalls (5)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Great Dane Reefer, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Parking brake

    NHTSA 16V476000 Reported 13,509 vehicles potentially affected Great Dane Trailers

    Great Dane Trailers (Great Dane) is recalling certain model year 2015-2017 Dry Freight Van, Reefer, and Flatbed trailers manufactured January 1, 2014, to March 4, 2016, equipped with certain Bendix SR5 spring brake valves. These valves may have been improperly machined which may cause a delay of application of the spring brakes while…

    Remedy: Great Dane will contact owners and provide a remedy kit, complete with instructions, to repair any affected SR-5 trailer relay valves, free of charge. The recall began on September 9, 2016. Owners may contact Great…

    Model years: 2015, 2016, 2017

  2. Caliper (service brakes)

    NHTSA 15V841000 Reported 63 vehicles potentially affected Great Dane Trailers

    Great Dane Trailers (Great Dane) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Reefer semi trailers manufactured December 19, 2013, to June 28, 2015, and equipped with certain Meritor EX225L2, EX225L+, or Bendix ADB22X axles. The affected axle assemblies have caliper bolts that may not have been properly tightened, allowing the caliper…

    Remedy: Great Dane will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the caliper bolts, tightening them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on January 11, 2016. Owners may contact Great Dane customer service at…

    Model years: 2015, 2016

  3. Actuator (parking brake)

    NHTSA 15V023000 Reported 7,702 vehicles potentially affected Great Dane Trailers

    Great Dane Trailers (Great Dane) is recalling certain model year 2015 Reefer and Van Trailers manufactured March 3, 2014, to February 24, 2015, equipped with certain Haldex Life Seal Type 30/30 Long Stroke Air Brake Actuators manufactured January 9, 2014, to October 28, 2014. The affected actuators may have an incomplete attachment of…

    Remedy: Great Dane will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the brake actuator and replace, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on March 2, 2015. Owners may contact Great Dane customer service at 1-912-232-4471.

    Model years: 2015

  4. Automatic (service brakes)

    NHTSA 11V216000 Reported 56 vehicles potentially affected GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    Great dane is recalling certain model year 2011 semi van and reefer trailers manufactured from october 15, 2010, through january 31, 2011 and equipped with gunite automatic air brake slack adjusters. Due to an incomplete "knitting" of the iron at the time of casting, inadequate structural integrity of the slack adjuster housing can…

    Remedy: Great dane will notify owners and accuride/gunite will conduct the remedy for this campaign and replace the subject slack adjusters free of charge. The safety recall began no april 20, 2011. Owners may contact accuride…

    Model years: 2011

  5. Service brakes, air

    NHTSA 06V448000 Reported 5,671 vehicles potentially affected GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    On certain trailers, during manufacture, some of the pipe fittings were drilled too deep, resulting in a thin wall in the male pipe thread. The male pipe thread may break off during or after assembly.

    Remedy: Dealers will quarantine the vehicles and replace defective fitting free of charge. The recall began on december 21, 2006. Owners may contact great dane at 1-800-633-4176.

    Model years: 2007

Other Great Dane 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.