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Utility VS1RA Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Utility VS1RA (2000–2015).

4
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2014
year with most recalls

Pick your Utility VS1RA model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2015 Utility VS1RA20
2014 Utility VS1RA20
2013 Utility VS1RA10
2012 Utility VS1RA10
2003 Utility VS1RA10
2002 Utility VS1RA10
2001 Utility VS1RA10
2000 Utility VS1RA10

All Utility VS1RA recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Utility VS1RA, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Actuator (parking brake)

    NHTSA 15V063000 Reported 3,111 vehicles potentially affected Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company

    Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company (Utility) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 FS2CHA, VS2DX, VS1DC, VS2RA, and VS1RA trailers manufactured April 14, 2014, to November 4, 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…

    Remedy: Utility will notify owners and dealers will replace the actuators, free of charge. The recall began on April 9, 2015. Owners may contact Utility customer service at 1-800-423-6591. Utility's number for this recall is…

    Model years: 2014, 2015

  2. Structure

    NHTSA 14V463000 Reported 2,098 vehicles potentially affected Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company

    Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company (Utility) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 VS1RA, and 2013-2014 VS1DC, VS2DX, VS2RA, VS3DX, and VS3RA trailers manufactured April 2011, to May 2013. The pintle hook tube sub assembly that is welded to the pintle hook safety chain loop may break and fall off the vehicle.

    Remedy: Utility will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the pintle hook safety chain loop if it is cracked, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in September 2014. Owners may contact Utility…

    Model years: 2012, 2013, 2014

  3. Non-powered axle assembly (suspension)

    NHTSA 14V221000 Reported 507 vehicles potentially affected Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company

    Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company (Utility) is recalling certain model year 2015 VS1RA, VS2RA, and VS3RA refrigerated vans manufactured January 6, 2014, through March 14, 2014. The affected trailers may have over-tightened axle nuts which may result in axle bearing failure.

    Remedy: Utility has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the bearings, correct the axle nut tightening and verify the proper amount of wheel-end play, free of charge. The recall began on April 18, 2014. Owners may contact…

    Model years: 2015

  4. Abs warning light (service brakes)

    NHTSA 03V361000 Reported 307 vehicles potentially affected UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURING 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: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Other Utility 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.