Strick Van Trailer, model years 2001 to 2009. Filed by Strick Trailers, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 27 August 2015. 33 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Strick Trailers, LLC (Strick) is recalling certain model year 2001 Van Trailers manufactured October 11, 2000, and 2009 Van Trailers manufactured March 12, 2008, to March 17, 2008. The affected trailers may be equipped with rear impact guards that may not be strong enough to prevent a vehicle from traveling under a …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V543 cover?
- Strick Van Trailer, model years 2001-2009.
- What is wrong with them?
- Strick Trailers, LLC (Strick) is recalling certain model year 2001 Van Trailers manufactured October 11, 2000, and 2009 Van Trailers manufactured March 12, 2008, to March 17, 2008.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the trailer is rear ended by a automobile, the guard may fail to prevent the automobile from traveling under the trailer, increasing the risk of injury to the driver of the automobile.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Strick will notify owners, and fleets will add reinforcements to the gussets, free of charge.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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 trailer is rear ended by a automobile, the guard may fail to prevent the automobile from traveling under the trailer, increasing the risk of injury to the driver of the automobile.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V543 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Strick Trailers, LLC |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 27 August 2015 |
| Model years | 2001-2009 |
| Vehicles named | STRICK VAN TRAILER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the trailer is rear ended by a automobile, the guard may fail to prevent the automobile from traveling under the trailer, increasing the risk of injury to the driver of the automobile.
The remedy
Strick will notify owners, and fleets will add reinforcements to the gussets, free of charge. The remedy parts are not available, but owners will receive an interim notification starting late October 2015 and will receive a second notice when the remedy parts are available, currently expected to be before the end of 2015. Owners may contact Strick customer service at 1-260-692-1300.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V543, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v543/
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 Strick notices we hold
- 16V130: model year 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2008-2012 Single axle van trailers equipped with rear impact guards using gussets 50185 and 50186
- 15V825: model year 2007, 2009, and 2015 Dry Freight Van Trailers, equipped with rear impact guard gussets 59653 and 59654
- 15V506: model year 2013 Dry Freight Van Trailers, model number S4280E99NFWOP, manufactured October 1, 2012, to July 15, 2013
- 14V638: model year 2009-2015 Dry Freight Van Trailers manufactured April 25, 2008, to June 5, 2014
- 14V416: model year 2011-2015 single axle van trailers manufactured March 2010 to March 2014
All 6 Strick 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 15V543 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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565105d3 - 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.
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