{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Quality recall 16V297: Quality Equipment Flatbed Trailer, Quality Wedge Car Hauler (2015)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v297/",
  "summary": "Recall 16V297 (Quality): If the nuts were to fall off, the bolts could loosen, and the axle may disconnect from the spring hangers, shifting or...",
  "excerpt": "Quality Equipment Flatbed Trailer, Quality Wedge Car Hauler, model year 2015. Filed by Quality Trailers and reported to NHTSA on 13 May 2016. 57 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Quality Trailers is recalling certain model year 2015 Flatbed Equipment and Wedge Car Hauler trailers manufactured April 1, 2015, to April 30, 2016. The lock nuts that secure the axle hanger to the springs may not have been properly crimped allowing the nut to loosen and detach during operation. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the nuts were to fall off, the bolts could loosen, and the axle may disconnect from the spring hangers, shifting or detaching from the trailer and increasing the risk of a crash.” 16V297 Quality Trailers Suspension:Rear:Axle:Non-Powered Axle Assembly 13 May 2016 2015-2015 QUALITY EQUIPMENT FLATBED TRAILER, QUALITY WEDGE CAR HAULER If the nuts were to fall off, the bolts could loosen, and the axle may disconnect from the spring hangers, shifting or detaching from the trailer and increasing the risk of a crash. Quality Trailers will notify owners, and provide them with new Nylock repla",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T18:20:15+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T10:47:37+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Quality recall 16V297: Quality Equipment Flatbed Trailer, Quality Wedge Car Hauler (2015)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v297/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}