Reading Panel Body, model year 9999. Filed by Reading Truck Body, LLC. and reported to NHTSA on 5 April 2018. 12,028 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Reading Truck Body, LLC. (Reading) is recalling certain 78 inch, 82 inch, 98 inch, 108 inch and 132 inch Standard Production Single and Dual Wheel Panel Bodies. The bottom flange of the rear cross member may crack where the truck body sits on the chassis frame, potentially damaging the turn signal wiring.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18E021 cover?
- Reading Panel Body.
- What is wrong with them?
- Reading Truck Body, LLC. (Reading) is recalling certain 78 inch, 82 inch, 98 inch, 108 inch and 132 inch Standard Production Single and Dual Wheel Panel Bodies.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Damaged turn signal wiring can cause the turn signals to function improperly, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Reading will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the panel body for cracks, and either install reinforcement brackets, or replace the truck body, free of charge. The recall began on June 1, 2018. Owners may contact Reading customer service at 1-800-458-2226.
- 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: “Damaged turn signal wiring can cause the turn signals to function improperly, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18E021 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Reading Truck Body, LLC. |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 April 2018 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | READING PANEL BODY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Damaged turn signal wiring can cause the turn signals to function improperly, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Reading will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the panel body for cracks, and either install reinforcement brackets, or replace the truck body, free of charge. The recall began on June 1, 2018. Owners may contact Reading customer service at 1-800-458-2226.
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.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18E021, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18e021/
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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