Vintage Aero, Vintage Bandit, Vintage Crystal, Vintage Intimidator, Vintage Outlaw, model years 2009 to 2016. Filed by Vintage Trailers Ltd. and reported to NHTSA on 22 January 2016. 373 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Vintage Trailers Ltd. (Vintage) is recalling certain model year 2009-2016 Intimidator, Aero, Outlaw, Bandit, and Crystal SS triple axles trailers manufactured May 9, 2008, to September 23, 2015. The affected trailers have a Federal Certification Label that incorrectly lists the gross axle weight rating (GAWR) of each …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V033 cover?
- Vintage Aero, Vintage Bandit, Vintage Crystal, Vintage Intimidator, Vintage Outlaw, model years 2009-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Vintage Trailers Ltd. (Vintage) is recalling certain model year 2009-2016 Intimidator, Aero, Outlaw, Bandit, and Crystal SS triple axles trailers manufactured May 9, 2008, to September 23, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the operator overloads the trailer past the 15,200 pound gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) limit, axle failure may occur, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Vintage will notify owners and will provide a corrected Federal Certification Label, free of charge. The recall began on March 1, 2016. Owners may contact Vintage customer service at 1-800-233-5455.
- 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 operator overloads the trailer past the 15,200 pound gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) limit, axle failure may occur, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V033 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Vintage Trailers Ltd. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Other:Labels |
| Reported to NHTSA | 22 January 2016 |
| Model years | 2009-2016 |
| Vehicles named | VINTAGE AERO, VINTAGE BANDIT, VINTAGE CRYSTAL, VINTAGE INTIMIDATOR, VINTAGE OUTLAW |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the operator overloads the trailer past the 15,200 pound gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) limit, axle failure may occur, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Vintage will notify owners and will provide a corrected Federal Certification Label, free of charge. The recall began on March 1, 2016. Owners may contact Vintage customer service at 1-800-233-5455.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V033, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v033/
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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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 16V033 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
d729a6a1 - Consequence
8fa5be38 - 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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