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Polar Tank Trailer Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Polar Tank Trailer (1998–2005). The most-complained-about year is 1999.

2
safety recalls, all years
2
owner complaints, all years
1998
year with most recalls
1999
year with most complaints

Pick your Polar Tank Trailer model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2005 Polar Tank Trailer10
1999 Polar Tank Trailer12
1998 Polar Tank Trailer10

What Polar Tank Trailer owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 1999 model year has the most, with 2.

All Polar Tank Trailer recalls (2)

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

  1. Wheels

    NHTSA 06V102000 Reported 9 vehicles potentially affected POLAR TANK TRAILER, LLC.

    On certain trailers equipped with accuride aluminum wheels, the wheels may not have been properly pre-stressed and may experience premature cracking on the disc face that could result in failure.

    Remedy: Accuride is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign and replace the wheels free of charge. The recall began on april 25, 2007. Owners may contact accuride at 1-800-869-2275 or polar at…

    Model years: 2005

  2. Storage (fuel system)

    NHTSA 99V188002 Reported 221 vehicles potentially affected POLAR TANK TRAILER, INC.

    Vehicle description: tank trucks and trailers using emco wheaton emergency discharge valves. The shear groove is too close to the seal face of the valve. In certain side impact collisions, the material around the valve seat can tear.

    Remedy: Emco will replace the affected valves with another valve that does not contain the design defect.

    Model years: 1998, 1999

Other Polar 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.