Utility Trailer Vs2dx, Utility Vs1dc, Utility Vs1ra, Utility Vs2dx, Utility Vs2ra, Utility Vs3dx, model years 2012 to 2014. Filed by Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company and reported to NHTSA on 30 July 2014. 2,098 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says 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.
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.
Utility's own number for this recall: SB-07-011/370258. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 14V463 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 14V463 cover?
- Utility Trailer Vs2Dx, Utility Vs1Dc, Utility Vs1Ra, Utility Vs2Dx, Utility Vs2Ra, Utility Vs3Dx, Utility Vs3Ra, model years 2012-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- 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.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the loop were to break off, the air lines and electrical lines would detach, applying the towed trailer's brakes, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. 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 customer service at 1-800-423-6591. Utility's number for this recall is SB 07-011/370258.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Utility calls this recall SB-07-011/370258, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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 loop were to break off, the air lines and electrical lines would detach, applying the towed trailer's brakes, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14V463 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 30 July 2014 |
| Model years | 2012-2014 |
| Vehicles named | UTILITY TRAILER VS2DX, UTILITY VS1DC, UTILITY VS1RA, UTILITY VS2DX, UTILITY VS2RA, UTILITY VS3DX, UTILITY VS3RA |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the loop were to break off, the air lines and electrical lines would detach, applying the towed trailer's brakes, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
The 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 customer service at 1-800-423-6591. Utility's number for this recall is SB 07-011/370258.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Utility Trailer Vs2dx recalls: 4 US campaigns
- Utility Vs1dc recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Utility Vs1ra recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Utility Vs2ra recalls: 6 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 14V463, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14v463/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Utility notices we hold
- 14V221: model year 2015 VS1RA, VS2RA, and VS3RA refrigerated vans manufactured January 6, 2014, through March 14, 2014
- 12V298: MODEL YEAR 2013 UTILITY VS2DX DRY VANS MANUFACTURED FROM MAY 16, 2012, THROUGH JUNE 13, 2012
- 12V020: MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 UTILITY VS1DC AND VS2DX DRY VANS MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 2010 THROUGH AUGUST 2011, AND EQUIPPED WITH AN OPTIONAL LIFTGATE BATTERY BOX
All 4 Utility campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 14V463 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
e0214f0a - Consequence
727da591 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
The wording we hold for 14V463 · how the whole register is watched
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Utility Vs1dc, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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