Mcelrath Trailers Vx30-800, Mcelrath Trailers Vx50-800, model years 2015 to 2017. Filed by Conel, LLC dba McElrath Trailers and reported to NHTSA on 3 August 2017. 105 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Conel, LLC dba McElrath Trailers (McElrath Trailers) is recalling certain 2015-2017 VX30-800 and VX50-800 trailers. The frame on the trailers may deform at the transition of straight and angled lateral portions, possibly resulting in the trailer neck separating from the rear portion of the trailer.
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.
Mcelrath Trailers's own number for this recall: VSB 154. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V489 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 17V489 cover?
- Mcelrath Trailers Vx30-800, Mcelrath Trailers Vx50-800, model years 2015-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Conel, LLC dba McElrath Trailers (McElrath Trailers) is recalling certain 2015-2017 VX30-800 and VX50-800 trailers. The frame on the trailers may deform at the transition of straight and angled lateral portions, possibly resulting in the trailer neck separating from the rear portion of the trailer.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the trailer neck separates from the rear of the trailer there would be an increased risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. McElrath has notified owners, and dealers will add bracing to the trailer to reduce deflection in the side rails and tongue area, free of charge. The recall began on September 19, 2017. Owners may contact McElrath Trailers customer service at 1-864-814-2220.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mcelrath Trailers calls this recall VSB 154, 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 trailer neck separates from the rear of the trailer there would be an increased risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V489 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Conel, LLC dba McElrath Trailers |
| System at fault | Structure:Frame And Members |
| Reported to NHTSA | 3 August 2017 |
| Model years | 2015-2017 |
| Vehicles named | MCELRATH TRAILERS VX30-800, MCELRATH TRAILERS VX50-800 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the trailer neck separates from the rear of the trailer there would be an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
McElrath has notified owners, and dealers will add bracing to the trailer to reduce deflection in the side rails and tongue area, free of charge. The recall began on September 19, 2017. Owners may contact McElrath Trailers customer service at 1-864-814-2220. McElrath's number for this recall is VSB 154.
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
- Mcelrath Trailers Vx30-800 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Mcelrath Trailers Vx50-800 recalls: 3 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 17V489, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v489/
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 Mcelrath Trailers notices we hold
- 20V060: 2016-2020 VX50-800 and VX30-800 trailers
- 19V793: 2014-2019 VX trailers
- 18V182: 2013-2018 818I, 2017-2018 VX50-800, VX30-800, VX50-800LT, and VX30-800LT trailers
All 4 Mcelrath Trailers 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 17V489 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
0d859cd5 - Consequence
c35dfa56 - 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 17V489 · how the whole register is watched
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