Doepker Hg Flatdeck Semi, model years 2015 to 2016. Filed by Doepker Industries Ltd. and reported to NHTSA on 5 April 2018. 25 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Doepker Industries Ltd. (Doepker) is recalling certain 2015-2016 53' Tridem Galvanized Highboy Flatdeck Semi trailers. The lower rail main beam flanges may crack, possibly causing the load to shift and spill onto the road.
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.
Doepker's own number for this recall: HG201801. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V218 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 18V218 cover?
- Doepker HG Flatdeck Semi, model years 2015-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Doepker Industries Ltd. (Doepker) is recalling certain 2015-2016 53' Tridem Galvanized Highboy Flatdeck Semi trailers. The lower rail main beam flanges may crack, possibly causing the load to shift and spill onto the road.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the load shifts and spills onto the roadway, there is an increased risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Doepker will notify owners, and dealers will provide rental trailers, and replace the frames, free of charge. The recall began on May 1, 2018. Owners may contact Doepker customer service at 1-306-598-2171. Doepker's number for this recall is HG201801.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Doepker calls this recall HG201801, 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 load shifts and spills onto the roadway, there is an increased risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V218 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Doepker Industries Ltd. |
| System at fault | Structure:Frame And Members |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 April 2018 |
| Model years | 2015-2016 |
| Vehicles named | DOEPKER HG FLATDECK SEMI |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the load shifts and spills onto the roadway, there is an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Doepker will notify owners, and dealers will provide rental trailers, and replace the frames, free of charge. The recall began on May 1, 2018. Owners may contact Doepker customer service at 1-306-598-2171. Doepker's number for this recall is HG201801.
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
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 18V218, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v218/
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.
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 18V218 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
36ce747b - Consequence
cd75edca - 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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