Wilson Grain Trailer, model years 2006 to 2015. Filed by Wilson Trailer Company and reported to NHTSA on 10 July 2015. 1,890 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Wilson Trailer Company (Wilson) is recalling certain model year 2006-2015 Grain trailers manufactured January 1, 2006, to March 31, 2015. In the the affected trailers, the welds that attach the bolster plate to the pickup plate around the kingpin may fail. Failure of these welds may result in the kingpin separating …
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Wilson's own number for this recall: 323D. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V440 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 15V440 cover?
- Wilson Grain Trailer, model years 2006-2015.
- What is wrong with them?
- Wilson Trailer Company (Wilson) is recalling certain model year 2006-2015 Grain trailers manufactured January 1, 2006, to March 31, 2015. In the the affected trailers, the welds that attach the bolster plate to the pickup plate around the kingpin may fail.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the kingpin separates from the pickup plate, the trailer could detach from the tractor, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Wilson will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the aluminum kingpin assemblies for cracked or failed welds, repairing them as necessary. Additionally, a new forged steel kingpin will be installed with supplemental fasteners. These repairs will be performed free of charge.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Wilson calls this recall 323D, 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 kingpin separates from the pickup plate, the trailer could detach from the tractor, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V440 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Wilson Trailer Company |
| System at fault | Suspension:Front:King Pin |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 July 2015 |
| Model years | 2006-2015 |
| Vehicles named | WILSON GRAIN TRAILER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the kingpin separates from the pickup plate, the trailer could detach from the tractor, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Wilson will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the aluminum kingpin assemblies for cracked or failed welds, repairing them as necessary. Additionally, a new forged steel kingpin will be installed with supplemental fasteners. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on July 29, 2015. Owners may contact Wilson customer service at 1-800-798-2002. Wilson's number for this recall is 323D.
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 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V440, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v440/
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.
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Other Wilson notices we hold
- 23V618: one 2024 DWH-750 Pacesetter Grain trailer, equipped with a Tire Pilot Plus tire pressure regulation system (TPRS)
- 19V266: 2019-2020 Punch Side Gooseneck Livestock trailers
- 16V496: model year 2015 DWH-550, and CD-1080 trailers manufactured November 20, 2015, equipped with certain Bendix SR5 spring brake valves
- 16E056: Peter Paul 22X01031GM 12/DC solenoid valves manufactured May 1, 2015, to July 30, 2015
- 14V492: model year 2014-2015 Grain and Livestock trailers manufactured September 20, 2013, to July 18, 2014, and equipped with certain Pivot Bolts Part Number 93201070
All 6 Wilson 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 15V440 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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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.
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